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Google DeepMind rises above the AI scrum with genome atlas

See, AI can be used for good ... or at the very least, a useful distraction from the bad

While OpenAI and Anthropic fight over whose models can escape their sandbox more alarmingly, Google’s DeepMind team has once again shown how machine learning can also be used to advance science for humanity’s benefit.

On Tuesday, the Chocolate Factory’s crack team of AI researchers unveiled AlphaGenome Atlas, a massive database containing a petabyte worth of data predicting the effects of nine billion possible nucleotide variations in the human genome.

According to Google, the platform, which is now publicly available to researchers, is already helping scientists to better understand the fundamentals of the human body and treat the diseases that ail it.

The database aims to address one of the bigger challenges in modern genetic research: pinpointing exactly which genetic variations are responsible for the trait or disease scientists are studying.

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Analysis: from 2019 to 2025, gains in pretraining compute efficiency came mostly from data improvements rather than model improvements

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OpenAI GPT-6 Astra will run a retailer without cheating and sell more stuff than Anthropic

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Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 974-CVE deluge

Adobe also brought goodies to the patch party and they deserve immediate attention The vulnpocalypse is upon us, dear reader. Microsoft delivered a record number of patches to address 974 CVEs in its own products this month, including two bugs that Redmond says are already under exploitation. September's

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 9, #920

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Analysis: from 2019 to 2025, gains in pretraining compute efficiency came mostly from data improvements rather than model improvements

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra will run a retailer without cheating and sell more stuff than Anthropic

Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 974-CVE deluge

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 9, #920