November 8, 2024

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a game changer for fields as diverse…

Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe

September 25, 2024
In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it’s been common for lawyers to try to overturn patents held by competitors by pointing out errors or inconsistencies. But now, in a surprise twist, the team which earned the Nobel Prize for developing CRISPR is asking to cancel two of their own…

How to Win Black Friday and Cyber Monday This Year with AI

September 25, 2024
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday continue to break sales records, businesses must use every tool available to stand out in the market. This article explores how AI-driven strategies can enhance personalization, streamline operations and drive revenue across channels during BFCM.

A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones

September 25, 2024
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of open-source multimodal language models, called Molmo, that it says perform as well as top proprietary models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.  The organization claims that its biggest Molmo model, which has 72 billion parameters, outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4o, which is estimated…