Top news of the week: 02.11.2022.
AI isn’t choosing our artistic future, we are
Humans can ensure creative growth continues by supporting and equitably growing the arts, education, libraries, and culture.
Meta’s AI-powered audio codec promises 10x compression over MP3
Technique could allow high-quality calls and music on low-quality connections.
New Report: Amid Tightening Budgets, 87% of Marketers Say Their Work Provides Greater Value Now
Quick Take: The eighth edition of Salesforce’s State of Marketing report reveals how marketers are evolving priorities and adopting innovative tactics amid macroeconomic headwinds. ...
Make batteries eternal.
Make batteries eternal. Scale battery reuse with robotics to electrify the world.
Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem?
Techniques which allow the sharing of data whilst keeping it secure may revolutionise fields from healthcare to law enforcement
Superintelligent AI is necessary for an amazing future, but far from sufficient
(Note: Rob Bensinger stitched together and expanded this essay based on an earlier, shorter draft plus some conversations we had. Many of the key conceptual divisions here, like "strong ...
AI is plundering the imagination and replacing it with a slot machine
Plugging prompts into AI models hijacks human curiosity and robs them of a process meant to spur creativity.
ESM Metagenomic Atlas: The first view of the ‘dark matter’ of the protein universe
Meta AI has created the first database that reveals the protein structures of the metagenomic world. These proteins – which are found in microbes in the soil, deep in the ocean, and even ...