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This self-driving startup is using generative AI to predict traffic
While autonomous driving has long relied on machine learning to plan routes and detect objects, some companies…
The Download: Africa’s AI regulation push, and how to fight denge
In Tanzania, farmers are using an AI-assisted app that works in their native language of Swahili to detect a…
Africa’s push to regulate AI starts now
In February, just before the AU’s AI policy draft came out, Shikoh Gitau, a computer scientist who started the…
Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos
The World Mosquito Program is about to start construction on a mass rearing facility—the biggest in the…
The Download: AI’s gaming prowess, and calculating methane emissions
The news: A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen before…
Why methane emissions are still a mystery
The key is contrails, thin clouds that planes produce when they fly. Minimizing contrails means less warming,…
Decarbonizing production of energy is a quick win
Mr. Mussabeh Al Kaabi: Hydrogen and CCS offer great promise, but, like any other transformative technology,…
Methane leaks in the US are worse than we thought
Methane emissions are responsible for nearly a third of the total warming the planet has experienced so far.…
An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step towards more useful AI
In training AI systems, games are a good proxy for real-world tasks. “A general game-playing agent could, in…
The Download: What social media can teach us about AI
June 2023 Astronomy should, in principle, be a welcoming field for blind researchers. But across the board,…