3 h. ago How government and industry can team up to make the technology safer without hindering innovation

Imagine a not-too-distant future where you let an intelligent robot manage your finances. It knows everything about you. It follows your moves, analyzes markets, adapts to your goals and invests faster and smarter than you can. Your investments soar. But then one day, you wake up to a nightmare: Your savings have been transferred to a rogue state, and they're gone.

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49 h. ago Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage

Google has quietly updated the webpage for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of “diversity” and “equity.” A previous version of the page used language such as “marginalized communities,” “diverse,” “underrepresented groups,” and “equity” to describe the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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5 d. ago Turning liquor waste into power: Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium

A small team of materials engineers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with Wuliangye, a manufacturer of baijiu, has developed a carbon-source anode using baijiu sediment for use in a sodium-ion battery. In their study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, the group treated the sediment to make it useful as an anode.

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2 w. ago Alaska Governor: Trump Has ‘Rescued’ State’s Energy Industry

Alaska Governor: Trump Has ‘Rescued’ State’s Energy Industry  Daily Signal

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2 w. ago Alaska governor aims to create 'new fish farming industry' with legislation

Alaska governor aims to create 'new fish farming industry' with legislation  IntraFish

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2 w. ago Valar Atomics comes out of stealth with $19M and a pilot reactor site

Companies developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) have raised more than $1.5 billion in the past year, as tech companies hunger for power to train AI models and governments decide to commit to the industry. For example, X-energy raised $700 million this month, and Paris-based Newcleo raised $151 million last year, and one would be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Novel transparent ceramics extend life of semiconductor etching equipment

A research team has successfully developed a new composition and processing technology for transparent plasma-resistant high-entropy ceramics. This innovation is the first of its kind in the world and is designed to extend the lifespan of internal components in semiconductor etching equipment while reducing contamination particles during the semiconductor manufacturing process. The study is published in the Journal of Advanced Ceramics.

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