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There is a new most expensive drug in the world. Price tag: $4.25 million

But there’s no denying that super-high prices can signal that a treatment isn’t economically sustainable.  One prior title holder for most expensive drug, the gene therapy Glybera, was purchased only once before... Read more »

Building a more reliable supply chain

For companies producing just about any physical product, the many “black swan” events (catastrophic incidents that are nearly impossible to predict) of the last four years illustrate the importance of supply chain... Read more »

New York City’s plan to stop e-bike battery fires

Existing battery swap networks like Nio’s have mostly included a single company’s equipment, giving the manufacturer control over the vehicle, battery, and swapping equipment. That’s because one of the keys to making... Read more »

An AI-driven “factory of drugs” claims to have hit a big milestone

Zhavoronkov has a track record of implementing cutting-edge AI methods as soon as they’re available. He started Insilico in 2014, shortly after AI started to achieve new breakthroughs in image recognition with... Read more »

The Download: AI drugs, and how AI is improving soccer tactics

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman is joining Microsoft He’ll head up the company’s consumer arm, developing AI-infused products. (Bloomberg $)+... Read more »

A wave of drugs dreamed up by AI is on its way

Zhavoronkov has a track record of implementing cutting-edge AI methods as soon as they’re available. He started Insilico in 2014, shortly after AI started to achieve new breakthroughs in image recognition with... Read more »

Chinese platforms are cracking down on influencers selling AI lessons

But the platforms they thrived on have started to turn against them. Just a few weeks ago, WeChat and Douyin began suspending, removing, or restricting their accounts. While influencers on these platforms... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s new AI assistant helps elite soccer coaches get even better

The main benefit is that the AI assistant reduces the workload of the coaches, says Ondřej Hubáček, an analyst at the sports data firm Ematiq who specializes in predictive models, and who... Read more »

The Download: new AI regulations, and a running robot

The big story One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors April 2021 In the city of South Bend, Indiana, wastewater from people’s kitchens, sinks, washing machines, and toilets flows... Read more »

The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change

The companies with the most powerful AI models, such as GPT-4 and Gemini, will face more onerous requirements, such as having to perform model evaluations and risk-assessments and mitigations, ensure cybersecurity protection,... Read more »