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The UK Government has backed British startup Potential Sciences in an eight-figure funding round. The funding supports its efforts to use AI to transform chemistry.
Read the original →Businesses say fearmongers and those hyping up AI are doing the country a "disservice". Executives urged the Albanese government to make swift decisions.
Read the original →Aarav Mane (name changed), 26, comes from a rural farming family with limited financial resources. Studying abroad was once a distant possibility, as a master's degree overseas would be difficult for his parents to afford.
Read the original →Taiwanese companies seeking to invest in US data centers and other AI-related infrastructure could face hurdles. Several states passed ballot measures opposing such projects or elected governors skeptical of AI development in the midterm elections.
Read the original →Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III) announced on the 5th that it has completed the merger of its Software Technology Research Institute with another research institute.
Read the original →At the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined UAE officials to unveil a major partnership. The partnership aims to transform the energy industry.
Read the original →Economists were given 178 public schools in Brazil to randomize which ones received an AI essay-feedback tool called Letrus. The description asks what the outcome was.
Read the original →Tabaarak ICT Solutions and the Somali National Artificial Intelligence Centre have signed an agreement to establish an AI Academy in Mogadishu.
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