White House science advisor Michael Kratsios said that Moonshot, the Chinese company behind Kimi K3, the largest available open-weight LLM, built its model by copying Anthropic’s Fable LLM while using chips that aren’t cleared for export to China. “Large-scale, covert industrial distillation aimed at stealing proprietary U.S. technology and undermining American research is unacceptable,” Kratsios…
Morgan State University Tech FestMorgan State UniversityWe often hear companies describe their relationships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in terms of pipelines or pathways. In this model, HBCUs educate talented students who eventually enter internships and industry jobs. However, the pipeline/pathway metaphor captures only a tiny part of what HBCUs contribute. Opeyemi T.…
At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity’s oldest pastime: using our imaginations…
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When de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed last year that it was attempting to “resurrect” the dire wolf from genetic material found in fossils, we argued that, despite the controversy surrounding the project, the company was building valuable technologies that justify its $10.2 billion valuation. Now, roughly 16 months later, the startup is in talks to…
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Growth strategy busines trend concept. gettyAs we continue to ask “what’s happening with AI?” we also continue to ask the harder question: “what’s about to happen?” It’s easier to look around right now, and see what we can do with the technology that we already have. Many would say that in some key senses, we’re…
Brussels, 1 February 2023: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launches the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Three years on, the Commission’s own electrification plan still finds electricity taxed harder than gas.(Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesGovernments across Europe are trying to accelerate a technology…





