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Researchers from Google also submitted a paper to the conference about their new model called DreamFusion, which generates 3D images based on text prompts. The 3D models can be viewed from any angle,... Read more »

Here’s how the Nord Stream gas pipelines could be fixed

Once investigators can safely get hands on, the tricky work of triaging the problems and finding solutions begins. “You assess: ‘Okay, what is the state of the pipe? What are the damages?’”... Read more »

The Download: Europe’s AI crackdown, and Iran’s internet resistance

What’s happening: The EU is creating new rules to make it easier to sue AI companies for harm. A bill unveiled last week, which is likely to become law in a couple... Read more »

The EU wants to put companies on the hook for harmful AI

The new bill, called the AI Liability Directive, will add teeth to the EU’s AI Act, which is set to become EU law around the same time. The AI Act would require... Read more »

The Download: text-to-video AI, and China’s big methanol bet

Can we find ways to live beyond 100? Millionaires are betting on it. Scientists and biotech companies have been networking with uber-wealthy investors at a swanky conference in Switzerland this week, making... Read more »

China is betting big on another gas engine alternative: methanol cars

Today, the leading company making methanol from carbon dioxide is Carbon Recycling International, an Icelandic company. Geely invested in CRI in 2015, and they have partnered to build the world’s largest CO2-to-fuel... Read more »

Can we find ways to live beyond 100? Millionaires are betting on it.

But to test the same treatments in people, we’d need to run clinical trials for decades, which would be very difficult and extremely expensive. So the hunt is on for chemical clues... Read more »

Meta’s new AI can turn text prompts into videos

Although the effect is rather crude, the system offers an early glimpse of what’s coming next for generative artificial intelligence, and it is the next obvious step from the text-to-image AI systems... Read more »

Meta’s new AI can make video based on text prompts

Although the effect is rather crude, the system offers an early glimpse of what’s coming next for generative artificial intelligence, and it is the next obvious step from the text-to-image AI systems... Read more »

The Download: Amazon’s home-guarding robot, and covid’s violent legacy

In the latest episode of our podcast, In Machines We Trust, we dig into the world of digital twins: AI-powered replicas designed to capture the physical look and expressions of real humans.... Read more »