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Experts speak to how AI has transformed the research industry
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (1682+ words) A European Union-funded project sought to employ artificial intelligence to enable faster, more thorough border control. When the $5. 2 million project made global headlines, public backlash was widespread and violent. "It was a nightmare," said Keeley Crockett, a U. K. -based researcher involved…...
Subverting human instruction, AI models may resist shutting down other models
2+ week, 3+ day ago (428+ words) Advanced AI models will ignore explicit user instructions in order to protect another AI system from shutting down, according to a research paper by UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz researchers. The study, co-led by UC Berkeley researcher Yujin Potter,…...
Convergence of Synthetic Biology and AI Technology
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (437+ words) Astromech represents the strategic convergence of synthetic biology expertise with artificial intelligence development capabilities through the partnership of Ben Lamm and George Church. The venture hassecured $30 million in funding according to SEC filings, demonstrating investor recognition of the potential for…...
Genius-producing math program lost to UC Berkeley fingerprinting requirements
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (1484+ words) Founded by campus professor Zvezdelina Stankova, the Berkeley Math Circle has fallen due to fingerprinting requirements. Hannah Cairo shook the math world when she disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, a 40-year-old unsolved math problem, when she was only 17." Well ahead of…...