AI & RoboticsNews

Molecular science VR startup Nanome launches AI copilot MARA

October 26, 2023
San Diego-based Nanome, a startup that allows scientists to understand 3D molecular structures in virtual reality, today announced the launch of a generative AI copilot called MARA. Available through a ChatGPT-like web interface, MARA serves as an assistant of sorts for chemists working in biopharma research and development by providing insights critical to the research process. It can execute…
Read more
AI & RoboticsNews

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite is an AI-powered PC processor

October 25, 2023
Qualcomm unveiled its most powerful computing processor for PCs, the Snapdragon X Elite. In doing so, it’s taking on the hegemony of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. This platform marks a significant advancement for Qualcomm in going after high-end PC computing, offering better CPU performance, on-device AI inferencing capabilities, and good power efficiency for extended battery life. It’s…
Read more
AI & RoboticsNews

How Marc Andreessen is like Robert Moses: ‘It’s time to build’ AI  | The AI Beat

October 24, 2023
Did you spend your weekend driving down the New Jersey Turnpike, mulling over the similarities between a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen’s outspoken opinions on the future of AI and famed urban planner Robert Moses’ confident views on the future of cities? I did.  Honestly, I can’t stop thinking about Andreessen’s “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” from last week. I’m fully ashamed to say…
Read more
AI & RoboticsNews

Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data

October 24, 2023
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene nearly a year ago, the generative AI era has kicked into high gear, but so too has the opposition. A number of artists, entertainers, performers and even record labels have filed lawsuits against AI companies, some against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, based on the “secret sauce” behind all these new tools: training data. That is, these AI models would not work…
Read more