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Google DeepMind’s new AI assistant helps elite soccer coaches get even…
The main benefit is that the AI assistant reduces the workload of the coaches, says Ondřej Hubáček, an analyst…
The Download: New AI regulations, and a running robot
The big story One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors April 2021 In the city of South…
The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change
The companies with the most powerful AI models, such as GPT-4 and Gemini, will face more onerous requirements,…
Harvard has halted its long-planned atmospheric geoengineering experiment
But the project switched locations several times. Most recently, the team hoped to launch a balloon to test out…
How AI taught Cassie the two-legged robot to run and jump
Researchers used an AI technique called reinforcement learning to help a two-legged robot nicknamed Cassie to…
The Download: Legitimizing longevity science, and Harvard’s…
On a bright chilly day last December, a crowd of doctors and scientists gathered at a research institute atop a…
The quest to legitimize longevity medicine
“The term ‘immortality’ should never be part of our discussion… it’s a total pipe dream,” says Verdin, who…
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…