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As the media industry gears up for the next phase of political coverage post-2024 elections, newsrooms can leverage cutting-edge AI tools in new ways to both increase productivity and uncover insights. In my latest piece for TVNewsCheck (which is currently featured on the homepage!), I profile some of the AI tools favorited by Ordo Digital clients that are revolutionizing how newsrooms gather, analyze, and report political news. ???? ?? You can read the full article on TV NewsCheck here: https://lnkd.in/e4hQT_hG But here's a sneak peek: ?? AskNews' Newsplunker Dashboards: Visualize and chat with your data ??? #GovSessionsInsights: AI-powered legislative sessions portal ??? NewsGuard: Expert media reliability ratings ?? Rolli: AI-powered hub for journalists to find sources ?? Consensus: Academic search engine that actually makes sense These tools are not just about efficiency; they're about empowering journalists to uncover stories that truly matter. Special thanks to Robert Caulk (Emergent Methods), Ashish Agrawal (Eon Media and GovSessions Insights), Pete Pachal (The Media Copilot, Eric Olson (Consensus), and Joshua Brandau (Nota) for their valuable insights for this article! ?? #AIinMedia #PoliticalReporting #JournalismInnovation #MediaTech #NewsroomAI #DigitalTransformation #PoliticalJournalism #AITools #Newsplunker #MediaInnovation #FutureOfNews #DataJournalism #NewsAnalytics #AIJournalism #EonMedia #MediaStrategy #NewsroomTechnology #PoliticalCoverage #JournalismTrends #MediaDisruption #NewsInnovation #DigitalNewsroom

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??Interesting science news from around the world. This month, we turn back time to see how complex cells evolved, celebrate the success of a world-first therapy to reverse type 1 diabetes, look into electricity treatments for depression, and learn how diamond dust could combat global warming. --- ?? Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes type 1 Last month, a paper in Cell published the findings of a first-in-human clinical trial assessing a new treatment for type 1 diabetes: stem cell transplant. This treatment may prove to be a game-changer for this life-altering disease. ?? Home brain stimulation therapy for depression Around 5% of adults suffer from depression around the world, and about a third of those do not respond effectively to common treatments like antidepressants and therapies. A phase 2 clinical trial published in Nature this month looked at whether a cap-like device which delivers a weak current of 2 milliamps to the forehead, called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), can offer an effective treatment for depression. ?? Spraying diamond dust into the air could combat global warming The long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, signed by the EU and 194 states in 2016, is to limit global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius, aiming for a limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, in June the World Meteorological Organization predicted that there is an 80% likelihood that the annual global temperatures will exceed the 1.5 degree threshold over the next five years. As well as limiting carbon emissions, other strategies, such as solar geoengineering, are being explored to put the brakes on escalating global temperatures. ?? Creating artificial endosymbiosis sheds light on the evolution of complex cells Researchers have artificially implanted bacteria into a fungus, and found that the bacterial cells persist in fungal cells over time and are even passed onto offspring. This implantation, which required the use of a needle that was less than 1 micrometre wide, resulted in a ‘endosymbiotic relationship’. This means both the host fungus and resident bacteria benefit from their close relationship. This experiment sheds light on how the complex cells that make up animals and plants evolved over two billion years ago, and also offers a new avenue to modify organisms so that they develop beneficial traits. Find the full article on our website under Science Content...

?? Interesting science news from around the world. This month, discover transparent mice, eyesight as a risk factor for dementia, how the largest moon in our solar system was shaped by an asteroid collision, AI researchers, and an ancient rock bridge. BY DR. EVA HAMRUD:?I am a bioinformatician with a primary research interest in stem cell biology. I am also passionate about all areas of scientific research and their communication. Common food coloring makes mouse tissue transparent Most animal tissue is opaque, which means that many medical research questions require that laboratory animals such as mice are dissected to explore what is happening below the skin. Dissection cannot be performed on living animals, and it is also costly. Researchers at Stanford University have published an alternative approach in which mouse tissue was made temporarily transparent. By rubbing a chemical onto the abdomen, head or leg of a live mouse, the researchers were able to get videos and images of the mouse’s working digestive system, cerebral blood vessels and muscle cells. Surprisingly, the chemical used to create this transparency is a simple dye, specifically a common yellow food colouring called tartrazine. Tartrazine makes tissue transparent because it makes the tissue absorb light of one colour very strongly, which modifies the tissue’s refractive index. Biological tissue is opaque because different components (skin, muscle, fat) have different refractive indices, that is they bend light in different ways, and this means light is scattered. By adding the yellow food colouring to the tissue, the different components absorb light in a more similar way, so their refractive indices become more similar and they become transparent. As tartrazine is safe to use on living mice and is reversible, when it is washed off the mouse becomes opaque again, it offers a new way for biologists to study the inner workings of living animals non-invasively. .... Keep reading the full article on our website!

New features are launching in Consensus every week! Here's a rundown of what's changed in the last month: 1/ Ask This Paper ? Cut down your tedious PDF scrolling and scanning - you can now chat directly of the full text of research papers where applicable. Ask clarifying questions about the study methodology, ask about specific charts, ask about conflicts of interest and much more. Look for papers with the "Ask this Paper" badge! This feature is in Beta and brand new. Please send us any feedback. Lots will be changing here in the next few weeks. Try it out -> https://lnkd.in/gvq8YVKa 2/ Expanded Study Snapshot ?? With one click you can see the study methodology, population, duration, key results and more! Click on the "Study Snapshot" tag on the bottom left of a paper tile and now see up to 7 different attributes that our AI models have extracted from the paper. 3/ Duration & Location Search Filters ?? Flip open the search filters tab on the top right of the search results page and you can now filter your search results by the length of the experiment and the country an experiment was conducted in. Try it out: https://lnkd.in/geDRCaWW 4/ New homepage search feed ?? Don't know what to search in Consensus? Scroll down on our home screen and see loads of new, dynamically changing example queries and topics of research.... 5/ Deep dive topic pages ???? Written by experts in their field - check out our new evidence-backed topic reviews on subjects like Vaccines, Stem Cells, Climate Change, Alzheimers, Supplements and more.... Huge shoutout to Ben McNeil and the amazing scientists who helped create this robust and valuable content. There is lots more to come here. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gFqKMhJs That's a wrap for now. Lots of exciting things in the works. Create your free Consensus account today and join in on the fun: Onward ??

These 27 fast-growing startups each raised $10-50M from top-tier funds in recent weeks and are HIRING: 1) Attio - next generation CRM (US remote / EU remote) 2) Consensus - AI search engine for scientific research (US remote) 3) Slingshot AI - mental health AI research (NYC / London) 4) OpusClip - AI video repurposing (Canada / Bay Area) 5) Comun - bank for immigrants in the U.S (NYC) 6) Bland AI - automated phone calls with AI (Bay Area) 7) Viggle - AI video generation (London) 8) Tilt - real time fashion shopping (Toronto) 9) Solace - platform to empower patients (US / remote) 10) Lettuce Financial - accounting and tax solution for solopreneurs (US remote) 11) AstroForge - asteroid mining (Seal Beach CA) 12) Onebrief - military planning / collaboration software (remote / San Diego) 13) DEFCON AI - modeling, simulation, analysis software for the military (Washington DC / remote) 14) Eppo - Experimentation and feature management platform (remote US / EMEA) 15) Trunk Tools - AI for the construction industry (remote US) 16) CodeRabbit - AI code reviews (Bay Area / remote / Bangalore) 17) Pylon - support platform for b2b companies (Bay Area) 18) Capitalize - platform to find and transfer retirement assets (NYC) 19) Encord - data engine for AI model development (London / Bay Area) 20) Setpoint - operating system for capital markets (US remote) 21) MD Ally | 911 Network Navigation - 911 diversion, care, and navigation solutions (US remote) 22) Bridge - stablecoin payment network (Bay Area) 23) Supio - AI platform for law firms (Seattle) 24) Ema Unlimited - gen AI platform for enterprises (US / Canada / India remote) 25) The Rounds - sustainable household essentials (NYC / Philly) 26) PayZen - OS for healthcare affordability (remote US / Bay Area / Tel Aviv) 27) Starpath - propellant for the space economy (Hawthorne) ?? for more lists like these every week, follow me here: Ben Lang ? if you’re thinking about what’s next (joining a new company or building a startup), check out next play

?? Interesting science news from around the world! This month, we discover dark oxygen, CRISPR-Cas9, and how it can be used for gene-editing therapies, the limitations of AI models, superheavy elements, and the impact of water quality on the Olympics. Available on our website too: Resources > Science content ??

Sam Altman said on 20VC earlier this year that OpenAI will "steamroll" many AI startups. I wrote a piece for Fortune on why I think this sentiment is overblown. Being terrified of big players driving your startup to obscurity is a feature of startups, not a bug. The natural reaction to any amazing new technology is to believe that “everything is about to change.” The reality is that some things will change but most will resemble the past. One of the ways it will resemble the past is that startups will have the space to succeed against incumbents. My argument boils down to three main points: - Startups being built with third party technology at their core is not new. Being a thin wrapper at the start isn't inherently a sin, only staying a thin wrapper is - "Salesforce is just a thin wrapper over Oracle" - AI makes building things that look like great products in demos easy, building great software product remains - somehow controversially - still very freaking hard. Good enough =! great - Specialization is your startups best friend, just like it always has been.

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