Chinese Film Foundation Plans to Use AI to ‘Revitalize’ 100 Classic Kung Fu Films
Summary The China Film Foundation is on a mission to breathe new life into 100 iconic kung fu films, including classics like Police Story, Once Upon a Time in China,…
Google DeepMind’s Spinoff Company ‘Very Close’ to Human Trials for Its AI-Designed Drugs
Google DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs is nearing human trials for AI-designed pharmaceuticals. This follows years of development, leveraging AI breakthroughs like AlphaFold, which predicts protein structures. They aim to revolutionise drug…
Citizen Scientists Just Helped Discover Nearly 8,000 New Eclipsing Binary Stars
Summary Citizen scientists have played a pivotal role in discovering nearly 8,000 new eclipsing binary stars through the Eclipsing Binary Patrol project. This initiative utilises images from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet…
The Startup-Filled Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s AI Frenzy
The Startup-Filled Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s AI Frenzy China is passionately building an AI supply chain with minimal reliance on the U.S. This article explores the coder…
India’s Battery Ambitions Run On Borrowed Volts
India is gearing up for mass production of electric vehicle batteries, which is seen as a move toward self-sufficiency. However, the country’s battery manufacturers like Amara Raja and Exide hold…
Springer Nature Book on Machine Learning is Full of Made-Up Citations
Springer Nature Book on Machine Learning is Full of Made-Up Citations Springer Nature recently published a machine learning textbook for $169 that reportedly contains numerous fabricated citations. An investigation by…
Poland’s Clean Energy Usage Overtakes Coal For First Time
Summary Poland has made a significant shift in its energy production, generating more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the first time in history. In June, 44.1% of the…
America Has Two Labor Markets Now
America Has Two Labor Markets Now Americans currently exist in two distinct economic realities. Those with jobs generally enjoy stability, while the unemployed face a bleak outlook. Recent reports highlight…
EU Holds Back on Signing Climate Action Pledge With China
Summary The European Union is delaying the signing of a climate action pledge with China amidst upcoming diplomatic discussions. This hesitance came from a top EU climate official’s comments, underlining…
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA’s ‘New Horizons’
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully demonstrated interstellar navigation by utilising the parallax effect to determine its position in space. While traditional navigation relies heavily on signals from Earth, this…