News Of The Day
1. Introducing GopherCite, a fine-tuned version of Gopher that used human feedback to learn to back up claims with supporting evidence from the web. GopherCite can also answer questions about a given document or abstain when unsure. https://deepmind.com/…/GopherCite-Teaching-Language…
2. DNA Gets Artificial Upgrade to Store Humanity’s Boundless Digital Data: “Scientists [added] seven new letters to the existing nucleotide alphabet, opening the door for extreme levels of data storage capacity. …’Imagine the English alphabet,’ Tabatabei said. ‘If you only had four letters to use, you could only create so many words. If you had the full alphabet, you could produce limitless word combinations. Moreover, that’s the same with DNA. However, instead of converting zeroes and ones to A, G, C and T, we can convert zeroes and ones to A, G, C, T and the seven new letters in the storage alphabet.’” https://www.cnet.com/…/dna-gets-artificial-upgrade-to…/
3. Magic Leap 2 Hands-On: AR Glasses That Can Dim the Real World https://www.cnet.com/…/magic-leap-2-hands-on-ar…/
4. In Sweden, Drones Are Beating Ambulances to the Scene — in addition, Saving Lives https://reasonstobecheerful.world/in-sweden-drones-are…/
5. 2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitos Cleared for Release in California and Florida https://gizmodo.com/2-billion-genetically-modified…
6. “Here is a thread in paper references demonstrating that current deep learning, especially transformers are amazingly powerful for symbol manipulation already” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1502894639908474884.html
7. Carmakers Race to Control Next-Generation Battery Technology [NYT] https://archive.ph/4gDeJ
8. Switzerland is the *only country that has atomic shelters ready for the entire population* https://thelocal.ch/…/what-are-switzerlands-nuclear…/
9. “The 9 steps to de-extincting Australia’s thylacine: The reality of bringing back the Tasmanian tiger from extinction using its genome is now a step closer, but how will science make it happen?” https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/…/the-9-steps-to-de…
10. Russia’s rapid thrust into Voznesensk was meant to showcase its military prowess. Instead, the Ukrainian town dealt Russian forces one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. [Wall Street Journal] https://archive.ph/ayphw
11. “Many Russian generals are talking on unsecured phones and radios. In at least one instance, they said, the Ukrainians intercepted a general’s call, geolocated it, and attacked his location, killing him and his staff.” https://www.nytimes.com/…/poli…/russia-troop-deaths.html
12. UK supplying starstreak anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, defence minister Wallace tells BBC https://www.reuters.com/…/uk-supplying-starstreak-anti…/
13. Lastly, Energy Security and Decarbonization in Response to Russian Aggression https://thebreakthrough.org/…/report-energy-security…
