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Oct 25, 2024
Disney Poised to Announce Major AI Initiative
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: robotics/AI
Disney is uniquely poised to integrate AI into its operations, as one of the most diversified and data-intensive entertainment companies on earth, producing countless models and collecting tons of data about everything from the way that guests of its theme parks spend their money (and time) to what you’re watching on Disney+, the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform.
An imminent announcement of an AI partnership will surely produce blowback from the creative community, especially if the initiative will mean cuts to creative departments that are already feeling the pinch. The company eliminated more than 4,000 staff members (“cast members” in Disney-speak) in the spring of 2023 and increased its target to 8,000. (It ended up with about 7,000 layoffs by the end of the year.) The last round of layoffs happened in September and impacted roughly 300 people.
While AI is commonly utilized in Disney productions – everything from calculating the way that Ember’s fire moved in “Elemental” to creating a more lifelike young Luke Skywalker in “The Mandalorian” – a concerted effort from Disney to use the technology in all aspects of production is significant shift.
Oct 25, 2024
AI Agents Have Officially Entered the Workplace, Flaws and All
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: business, food, robotics/AI
Oct 24, 2024
How Fast Is Quantum Entanglement? Scientists Clock the Speed of the Instantaneous
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: quantum physics
Scientists have developed simulations to investigate the rapid processes of quantum theory, revealing insights into quantum entanglement and its formation.
These findings, which detail how entanglement can be quantified and observed within attoseconds, demonstrate significant advances in understanding the temporal dynamics of quantum events.
Quantum theory and time: unraveling instantaneous effects.
Oct 24, 2024
A mysterious wave-like structure that sheds 9,000 light-years in length on our Milky Way
Posted by Arthur Brown in category: space
The Radcliffe Wave, a 9,000 light-year-long structure, is oscillating through the Milky Way.
The Milky Way galaxy is far from static. One striking example of its dynamic nature is the discovery of the Radcliffe Wave, a massive, 9,000 light-year-long structure made of star-forming gas. Located just 500 light-years from the Solar System at its nearest point, the Radcliffe Wave was first identified in 2018 using data from the Gaia spacecraft, with findings published in 2020. But recent research has unveiled something even more intriguing: this enormous structure is not just moving in its orbit around the galactic center, it’s also oscillating like a wave.
Oct 24, 2024
Exploring Aging and Aging Interventions with Aubrey de Grey
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
In this episode of the Longevity Optimization Podcast, Dr. DeGray discusses groundbreaking research in aging and longevity, focusing on combination therapies, the hallmarks of aging, and the potential of stem cell and gene therapies. He emphasizes the importance of rejuvenation over merely slowing aging and explores the role of the immune system in health. The conversation also touches on biological age testing, lifestyle factors, and the future of gene therapy in enhancing longevity.
Aubrey de Grey is a British biomedical gerontologist and the founder of the SENS Research Foundation. He is a leading advocate for regenerative medicine, focusing on reversing the effects of aging by repairing cellular damage. Known for his bold vision of life extension, de Grey believes that with advanced therapies, humans could significantly extend their lifespan. He is the co-author of Ending Aging, and his work continues to shape the future of longevity science.
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Ahmed A. Elhag, T. Konstantin Rusch, Francesco Di Giovanni, Michael Bronstein University of Oxford & MIT https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.
Can _equivariance_ be learned by unconstrained models?
Oct 24, 2024
Neuroscience research leverages stem cells to understand how neurons connect and communicate in the brain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Newly published research from Colorado State University answers fundamental questions about cellular connectivity in the brain that could be useful in the development of treatments for neurological diseases like autism, epilepsy or schizophrenia.
Oct 24, 2024
Driving photochemistry with sub-molecular precision
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: 3D printing, chemistry
Absorption of light initiates many natural and artificial chemical processes, for example, photosynthesis in plants, human vision, or even 3D printing. Until now, it seemed impossible to control a light-driven chemical reaction at the atomic scale, where only a specific part of one molecule is addressed.
Oct 24, 2024
Scientists develop grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Imagine a tiny, soft robot that could change the way medicine is delivered to targeted areas in the body.
A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.