Links for 2024-02-28
AI:
Evo: DNA foundation modeling from molecular to genome scale — “In new work, we report Evo, a genomic foundation model that learns across the fundamental languages of biology: DNA, RNA, and proteins. Evo is capable of both prediction tasks and generative design, from molecular to whole genome scale.” https://arcinstitute.org/news/blog/evo
“Can we teach LLMs to write long articles from scratch, grounded in trustworthy sources? Announcing STORM, a system that writes Wikipedia-like articles based on Internet search. I now use STORM in my daily research!” https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14207
Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Shifts Team to Generative AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai [no paywall: https://archive.is/pcysl]
Executable Code Actions Elicit Better LLM Agents https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01030
“GPT-5 plus scaffolding and inference-compute ~= training compute will achieve capabilities advance >= (GPT-4 to GPT-5).” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NXcm2zWx2MG4sbQio/deliberative-cognitive-algorithms-as-scaffolding?commentId=3vKkasBqFjDSrCpKv
YOLOv9: It's a real-time object detection model that surpasses all convolution and transformer-based models. Here is how to train YOLOv9 on a custom dataset https://blog.roboflow.com/train-yolov9-model/
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says AI is not just hype — ‘This is real’ https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/26/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-says-ai-is-not-just-hype-this-is-real.html
“We find robust evidence that ChatGPT presents a significant and systematic political bias toward the Democrats in the US, Lula in Brazil, and the Labour Party in the UK.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-023-01097-2
ChatGPT-4 has the same Big 5 personality profile as the average human being. (N = 108,314; 50 countries) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2313925121
Technology:
How Japan Pulled Off an Early Victory in the Race to Make More Chips https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/tsmc-sony-help-japan-pull-off-an-early-victory-in-the-race-to-make-more-chips [no paywall: https://archive.is/cg9tr]
Quad-storage method writes data to a single atom in four different ways https://newatlas.com/computers/quadruple-quantum-computer-chip-single-atom/
An algorithm developed by University of South Florida (USF) researchers can produce 3D models of scenes behind walls, doors, and cars using the faint shadows cast by objects on nearby surfaces. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/new-technology-can-reveal-whats-hidden-behind-objects-using-algorithm
Neuroscience:
Neurona Therapeutics Raises $120M to Advance Groundbreaking Pipeline of Regenerative Cell Therapy Candidates for Chronic Neurological Disorders https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/08/2825959/0/en/Neurona-Therapeutics-Raises-120M-to-Advance-Groundbreaking-Pipeline-of-Regenerative-Cell-Therapy-Candidates-for-Chronic-Neurological-Disorders.html
Targeted Stimulation of the Sensory Afferents Improves Motoneuron Function in Humans with Spinal Muscular Atrophy https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.14.24302709v2
Politics:
“Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, delivered a speech in which he totally torched Russia. He not only announced that Israel is going to provide an early warning systems against missiles for Ukraine but also called Ukraine an “ally”. He also equates Russia with Hamas and attacks Russia for hosting another visit of Hamas in Moscow. You can be sure that this speech comes in coordination with the Israeli Prime Minister. It clearly marks the end of the relationship between Putin and Netanyahu.” https://x.com/Tendar/status/1762580747171348549 (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5oIatX-3QI)
“Couples who have children are showered with cash, from monthly handouts to subsidised housing and free taxis. Hospital bills and even IVF treatments are covered, though only for those who are married. Such financial incentives have not worked, leading politicians to brainstorm more "creative" solutions...” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68402139
Ukraine:
Russian serviceman walks around remnants of his brothers-in-arms in Avdiivka. https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1762762268163424497
“Kharkiv Oblast, a Ukrainian mobile anti-drone team engages a Russian Shahed-136 with an M2 Browning HMG, scoring at least one hit and causing the drone to crash nearby.” https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1762583924818022565
List of Russia sanctions that the Biden Admin did not dare do. https://x.com/BLSchmitt/status/1761561226209894496
“Potentially very significant development here. The French Armed Forces Minister has recognized that the lack of production increases for SCALP-EG (beyond what is needed to complete fulfillment of Greece's order) is a problem.” https://x.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1762552303255470318
Yellen urges world leaders to ‘unlock’ frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine https://apnews.com/article/yellen-russia-ukraine-war-central-bank-finance-85e080fd78e9d37951e1e7dcd58fdc87
“In Krasnoyarsk, Russia, war criminal Serhii Konkeev was eliminated. His car was blown up. Konkeev confessed earlier that he had killed captured Ukrainian soldiers and Polish volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine.” https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1762552163035721743