Friday, February 21, 2025

OpenAI disrupts Chinese influence campaigns

One of the real dangers of AI:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai-plus-1dcf5de0-efd0-11ef-9e72-979fa0fa6c1c.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

Scientists Develop Early Alzheimer’s Detection Test – Years Before Symptoms Appear

I hope that test becomes available soon:

“Amyloid-beta is a kindling, and tau is a matchstick. A large percentage of people who have brain amyloid-beta deposits will never develop dementia. But once the tau tangles light up on a brain scan, it may be too late to put out the fire and their cognitive health can quickly deteriorate,” said Karikari. “Early detection of tangle-prone tau could identify the individuals who are likely to develop Alzheimer’s-associated cognitive decline and could be helped with new generation therapies.”

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-early-alzheimers-detection-test-years-before-symptoms-appear/

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

This is a huge, in-your-face example of how AI is going to change the world DRASTICALLY, and soon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

Monday, February 17, 2025

Rust to Rechargeable: How Seawater and Scrap Metal Are Changing Energy Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/rust-to-rechargeable-how-seawater-and-scrap-metal-are-changing-energy-storage/

Scientists Unveil AI That Learns Without Human Labels – A Major Leap Toward True Intelligence!

This is what living on the cusp of the technological singularity is like:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-ai-that-learns-without-human-labels-a-major-leap-toward-true-intelligence/

Breakthrough Discovery: Scientists Restore Key Alzheimer’s Pathway

This is exciting:

“They found that in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease or who carried the APOE4 gene putting them at higher risk for the disease, ABCA1 increased, but became trapped in a part of the cell that typically clears waste. That change was linked to a rise in a modified form of cholesterol known as oxysterol. Lowering oxysterol, in both animal models and human stem cells, freed the trapped ABCA1 and restored the pathway to its healthy state.”

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-discovery-scientists-restore-key-alzheimers-pathway/

New AI Just Beat DeepSeek With Almost No Effort! (This Shouldn't Be Possible!)

AI is only accelerating:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVN6PksVig

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Scientists Discover Mouth Bacteria Linked to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk

“Individuals who had large numbers of the bacteria groups Neisseria and Haemophilus had better memory, attention, and ability to do complex tasks. These people also had higher levels of nitrite in their mouths.

On the other hand, greater levels of the bacteria, Porphyromonas, was more common in individuals with memory problems. Whereas the bacterial group Prevotella, was linked to low nitrite, which the researchers predict could in turn could mean poorer brain health and was more common in people who carry the Alzheimer’s Disease risk gene, APOE4.”

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-mouth-bacteria-linked-to-increased-alzheimers-risk/

Scientists Just Made Cancer Radiation Therapy Smarter, Safer, and More Precise

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-made-cancer-radiation-therapy-smarter-safer-and-more-precise/

Legions of Robots UNLEASHED in 2025... Robotic Era BEGINS.

The robots we have to look forward to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKqoTiXkXmQ

Friday, February 14, 2025

OpenAI: The Age of AI Is Here!

Generalists beat specialists at their own game:

https://youtu.be/97kQRYwL3P0?si=TotyGCbasCQFUgS-

New Humanoid Robot HMND 01 AI Learning To Beat Tesla Bot With This (PRICE + MENTEEBOT V3)

Love seeing these robots advancing, especially when they are not from Tesla:

https://youtu.be/2vLRnjgz7WQ?si=HdxzDrmsPA1to6ry

Could We Be Fighting Alzheimer’s Wrong? New Research Suggests a Different Approach

https://scitechdaily.com/could-we-be-fighting-alzheimers-wrong-new-research-suggests-a-different-approach/

Scientists Just Unlocked a New Way to Supercharge Wireless Speeds With Graphene

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-unlocked-a-new-way-to-supercharge-wireless-speeds-with-graphene/

Scientists Just Built a CO2-Eating Machine That Runs on Sunlight

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-built-a-co2-eating-machine-that-runs-on-sunlight/

Scaling Up: How Increasing Inputs Has Made Artificial Intelligence More Capable

A good way to see the exponential progress of AI:

https://singularityhub.com/2025/02/11/scaling-up-how-increasing-inputs-has-made-artificial-intelligence-more-capable/

Sunday, February 2, 2025

DeepSeek R1 Cloned for $30?! PhD Student STUNNING Discovery

AI reasoning! 

I like the idea of many tiny, inexpensive, hyper-focused models. Perhaps less likely to go rogue? Or might that just encourage swarm AI? Just very interesting…  

https://youtu.be/e659KrxxN5w?si=uKLozfeXEBxMKtJr

New Clue in Alzheimer’s: It Might Be in Your Blood Vessels, Not Just Your Brain

More clues: https://scitechdaily.com/new-clue-in-alzheimers-it-might-be-in-your-blood-vessels-not-just-your-brain/