TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google debuted an AI co-scientist system—and it's...
Rowan Cheung@rowancheung
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Feb 21, 2025
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google debuted an AI co-scientist system—and it's already making drug discoveries.
Plus, more from Microsoft, Arc Institute, Clone Robotics, Apple, Convergence, and Sakana AI.
Here's what you need to know:
Plus, more from Microsoft, Arc Institute, Clone Robotics, Apple, Convergence, and Sakana AI.
Here's what you need to know:
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Google just launched an AI co-scientist to accelerate scientific discoveries!
—Gemini 2.0-based multi-agent system to handle tasks
— 80%+ accuracy on benchmarks (beating AI & humans)
— Identified new drug applications and gene transfer mechanisms in days
—Gemini 2.0-based multi-agent system to handle tasks
— 80%+ accuracy on benchmarks (beating AI & humans)
— Identified new drug applications and gene transfer mechanisms in days
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Clone Robotics gave a glimpse of Protoclone, the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android
The faceless yet anatomically accurate Android has over 200 DoF, 1,000+ Myofibers, and 500 sensors
Insane
The faceless yet anatomically accurate Android has over 200 DoF, 1,000+ Myofibers, and 500 sensors
Insane
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Microsoft unveiled Muse, an AI that can generate minutes of unique game sequences from a single sec of gameplay frames
It's the first World and Human Action Model that predicts 3D environments and actions for playable games
And it's open-source!
It's the first World and Human Action Model that predicts 3D environments and actions for playable games
And it's open-source!
Rowan Cheung@rowancheung
NEW: Microsoft just unveiled Muse!
It's an AI model that can generate minutes of cohesive gameplay from a single second of frames and controller actions.
The implications for gaming are absolutely massive:
It's an AI model that can generate minutes of cohesive gameplay from a single second of frames and controller actions.
The implications for gaming are absolutely massive:
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Microsoft also debuted its first quantum computing chip
Majorana 1 uses a new Topological Core, based on a new class of materials developed by Microsoft
The tiny chip can theoretically scale to 1M qubits to solve complex problems in medicine and beyond
Majorana 1 uses a new Topological Core, based on a new class of materials developed by Microsoft
The tiny chip can theoretically scale to 1M qubits to solve complex problems in medicine and beyond
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Arc Institute and Nvidia dropped the largest AI for biology—in another open-source win!
Trained on 9T+ DNA blocks from 128K species (entire tree of life), Evo 2 achieved 90% accuracy in predicting cancer-related gene mutations
It can even design genomes
Trained on 9T+ DNA blocks from 128K species (entire tree of life), Evo 2 achieved 90% accuracy in predicting cancer-related gene mutations
It can even design genomes
Brian Hie@BrianHie
We trained a genomic language model on all observed evolution, which we are calling Evo 2.
The model achieves an unprecedented breadth in capabilities, enabling prediction and design tasks from molecular to genome scale and across all three domains of life.
The model achieves an unprecedented breadth in capabilities, enabling prediction and design tasks from molecular to genome scale and across all three domains of life.
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The most affordable iPhone with Apple Intelligence is here
The new iPhone 16e packs a notch-based design similar to the iPhone 14 with the latest A18 chip, action button, single 48M rear camera, and a new in-house C1 5G modem
Prices start at $599!
The new iPhone 16e packs a notch-based design similar to the iPhone 14 with the latest A18 chip, action button, single 48M rear camera, and a new in-house C1 5G modem
Prices start at $599!
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Convergence (a startup with 24 people and 12M funding) released a web agent taking on OpenAI's Operator
Proxy 1.0 can type, scroll, and click to browse the web, use your fav apps, and automate tasks for you
It's free to start, with Pro plan at $20/mo
x.com/convergence_ai…
Proxy 1.0 can type, scroll, and click to browse the web, use your fav apps, and automate tasks for you
It's free to start, with Pro plan at $20/mo
x.com/convergence_ai…
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Sakana AI debuted an AI CUDA Engineer to automate the production of highly optimized CUDA kernels
The system uses evolutionary LLM-driven code optimization to improve the runtime of ML operations, reaching 10-100x speedup over common PyTorch ops
The system uses evolutionary LLM-driven code optimization to improve the runtime of ML operations, reaching 10-100x speedup over common PyTorch ops
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google debuted an AI co-scientist system—and it's already making drug discoveries.
Plus, more from Microsoft, Arc Institute, Clone Robotics, Apple, Convergence, and Sakana AI.
Here's what you need to know:
Plus, more from Microsoft, Arc Institute, Clone Robotics, Apple, Convergence, and Sakana AI.
Here's what you need to know: