AI claims double Nobel Prize

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90 exaflops: Taiwan builds AI supercomputer.

AI ‘enablers’: Researchers win Nobel Prize.

Battery ban: eBay axes e-bikes.

Box office bust: HBO Bitcoin docu rebuffed.

Evolving alliance: AI Alliance adds cloud.

Fair Play: Judge opens app store to rivals.

Engagement engine: Glassdoor is the next LI.

EU hubs: OpenAI eyes Paris, Brussels.

Exec exit: Tesla vehicle chief jumps to Waymo.

Crypto payback: FTX repays customers.

Historic rebirth: Teen beats Tetris.

GPU goldmine: Super Micro surges.

‘Robofab’: Humanoids fabricate Spanx.

Wake up with Mario: Nintendo’s alarm clock.

Int’l Discord: Turkey, Russia block app.

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Amazon develops AI ‘culture coach’

Amid RTO mandates, Amazon offers young employees access to a generative AI “culture coach” to provide guidance to young employees.

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Legal AI unicorn ‘scales top performers’

Newly minted legal AI unicorn EvenUp automates the work of 1k+ law firms stretched thin on talent. "They need technology to scale their top performers,” co-founder Rami Karabibar says.

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AI’s double Nobel Prize win

Google’s DeepMind claims half of a Nobel Prize for proteins prediction in a?second Nobel win for AI.

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Adobe releases ‘nutrition label’ for creators

Adobe?released a free tool to help creators protect their work from generative AI training and add context to work they do wish to share.

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Airline launches AI startup

Alaska Airlines’ new venture, Odysee, develops AI tools to optimize airline flight schedules.

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AI for technical documentation

Driver launched an AI platform to automate lengthy technical documentation in the semiconductor industry.

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What we're reading

Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner (Guardian)

A Timeline of Future-of-Work Predictions (Harvard)

Amazon RTO Edict Reflects Fear New Hires Don’t Know Company Culture (Bloomberg)

How M&A Fosters Innovation (Tomasz Tunguz)

What AI/ML developers need to know about Mojo (VentureBeat)

Where Have All the Chief Metaverse Officers Gone? (Wired)

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