The Carbon Brief interview: Prof Wang Can

Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training

At COP29 in Baku, Carbon Brief spoke with Prof Wang Can, director of the department of environmental planning and management at Tsinghua University, to discuss its new study on global carbon neutrality progress. Tsinghua University is located in Beijing and publishes some of the country’s most prominent climate research, which is often used to inform […]

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How rigorous testing environments can boost user satisfaction and business outcomes In the contemporary AI landscape, match recommendation systems power many platforms integral to our daily lives—whether job boards, professional networking sites, dating applications, or e-commerce. These recommendation engines connect users with relevant opportunities or products, boosting engagement and overall satisfaction. However, developing and refining […]

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Hubert Palan is the Founder and CEO of Productboard, a product management platform designed to help teams bring products to market more efficiently by prioritizing user needs and aligning teams around a shared roadmap. More than 5,400 companies, including Zoom, UiPath, JCDecaux, and Microsoft, use the platform to gather customer insights and inform development decisions. What […]

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Silicon Valley-based Growth Warrior Capital (GWC), led by seasoned operator-turned-venture capitalist Promise Phelon, has announced two major investments into emerging AI startups MenuData and Simulacra Synthetic Data Studio. These investments precede the firm’s inaugural fund close, marking a strategic push into AI-driven consumer insights and data analytics. GWC, alongside Brickyard, co-led a $2 million seed […]

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Self-healing asphalt roads, made from biomass waste and designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), could offer a promising solution to the UK’s pothole problem, which is estimated to cost £143.5 million a year. A team of scientists from Swansea University and King’s College London, in collaboration with scientists in Chile, is designing a […]

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This article contains sponsored content. Scotland’s just transition journey has been marked by ambitious policies but uneven implementation. The closure of the oil refinery in Grangemouth has amplified perceptions that progress has stalled. Anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas/biomethane technologies now stand ready to become vital catalysts for tangible change. By creating sustainable energy from organic […]

Mark Skrobola (MCS@flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Friday President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise and signed an executive order (EO) that directs agencies to identify 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to repeal for each new rule, regulation, or guidance that an agency promulgates. In addition, the EO, “Unleashing Prosperity Through […]

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Evolution has been fine-tuning life at the molecular level for billions of years. Proteins, the fundamental building blocks of life, have evolved through this process to perform various biological functions, from fighting infections to digesting food. These complex molecules comprise long chains of amino acids arranged in precise sequences that dictate their structure and function. […]

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Have you ever had a song stuck in your head but no way to bring it to life? Or maybe you’ve dreamed of composing music but felt held back by time, skill, or expensive software. That’s where Riffusion comes in! It’s a revolutionary AI music generator that turns text prompts into unique, custom full-length songs […]

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Generative diffusion models like Stable Diffusion, Flux, and video models such as Hunyuan rely on knowledge acquired during a single, resource-intensive training session using a fixed dataset. Any concepts introduced after this training – referred to as the knowledge cut-off – are absent from the model unless supplemented through fine-tuning or external adaptation techniques like […]

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As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on a year with hacks, outages, legislation, and rapidly emerging trends that shifted the cybersecurity landscape. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at breakneck speed, with generative and agentic AI pushing organizations to consider its role across every aspect of the business. Meanwhile, new categories emerge to […]

Mental health problems induced, in part, by climate change are becoming increasingly common as the world warms, including the number of people experiencing “ecological grief”. Ecological grief is one of the emotional responses seen in those living with the impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts or heatwaves. In addition to […]

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Senior Audrey Lorvo is researching AI safety, which seeks to ensure increasingly intelligent AI models are reliable and can benefit humanity. The growing field focuses on technical challenges like robustness and AI alignment with human values, as well as societal concerns like transparency and accountability. Practitioners are also concerned with the potential existential risks associated with […]

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The headlines tell one story: OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Anthropic are in an arms race to build the most powerful AI models. Every new release—from DeepSeek’s open-source model to the latest GPT update—is treated like AI’s next great leap into its destiny. The implication is clear: AI’s future belongs to whoever builds the best model. […]

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From crafting complex code to revolutionizing the hiring process, generative artificial intelligence is reshaping industries faster than ever before — pushing the boundaries of creativity, productivity, and collaboration across countless domains. Enter the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium, a collaboration between industry leaders and MIT’s top minds. As MIT President Sally Kornbluth highlighted last year, the […]

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The hype surrounding AI remains prevalent in healthcare but is particularly strong in radiology. If you remember the early days of computer-aided design (CAD), it’s quite impressive how far the technology has come. A native of ChatGPT would perhaps contend that much work needs to be done before AI can reach its full potential in […]

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Loris Degioanni is the Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Sysdig. He is also the creator of the popular open source troubleshooting tool, sysdig, and the open source container security tool Falco. Prior to founding Sysdig, Loris co-created Wireshark, the open source network analyzer, which today has 20+ million users. Sysdig is dedicated to ensuring […]

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Ladybower reservoir, in the Peak District, in summertime. The government has announced £7.9 billion of investment to build nine new reservoirs across the UK. This comes as Water UK announced household water bills in England and Wales are to rise by an average of £123 from 1 April. Professor Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at […]