Better Generative AI Video by Shuffling Frames During Training
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A new paper out this week at Arxiv addresses an issue which anyone who has adopted the Hunyuan Video or Wan 2.1 AI video generators will have come across by now: temporal aberrations, where the generative process tends to abruptly speed up, conflate, omit, or otherwise mess up crucial moments in a generated video: https://www.unite.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/examples_temporal_issues_bordered_1-1.mp4 […]
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Understanding RAG Part VIII: Mitigating Hallucinations in RAG
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AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
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The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train self-driving cars to avoid unpredictable hazards, making them safer on real streets. But the generative artificial intelligence techniques increasingly being used to produce such images have drawbacks. One popular type of model, called a diffusion […]
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Nordic Startup IntuiCell Unveils World’s First Digital Nervous System for AI
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A Nordic deep-tech startup has announced a breakthrough in artificial intelligence with the creation of the first functional “digital nervous system” capable of autonomous learning. IntuiCell, a spin-out from Lund University, revealed on March 19, 2025, that they have successfully engineered AI that learns and adapts like biological organisms, potentially rendering current AI paradigms obsolete […]
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Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns
Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening access to fresh water for more than two billion people, a UN report warns. The 2025 UN world water development report finds that receding snow and ice cover in mountain regions could have “severe” consequences for people and nature. Up […]
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Q&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions
China’s central government listed “boosting consumption…and stimulating domestic demand” as its first “major task” for 2025, at the recently closed “two sessions”. As part of this focus – and amid slowing economic growth – the State Council made specific mention of China’s “two new” (两新) policy. The policy was first announced in 2023, but was heavily promoted […]
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China Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; ‘Two new’ promoted; ‘Two sessions’ ended
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Miliband in China CLIMATE TRIP: Ed Miliband, the UK’s secretary of state for energy security and net-zero, made a three-day visit to Beijing over 15-17 March, […]
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Navigating AI Bias: A Guide for Responsible Development
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AI is revolutionizing industries worldwide, but with this transformation comes significant responsibility. As these systems increasingly drive critical business decisions, companies face mounting risks related to bias, transparency, and compliance. The consequences of unchecked AI can be severe, from legal penalties to reputational damage — but no company is doomed. This guide examines key bias […]
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Joseph Mossel, Co-Founder & CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics – Interview Series
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Joseph Mossel is the CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics. His career in the tech industry spans more than 20 years, starting off in software development and product management followed with leadership positions in startups, large multinational corporations and non-profits. Joseph has led products from inception all the way to maturity as multi-million-dollar businesses. He holds […]
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Collaboration aims to advance graphene use in hydrogen storage and transport
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The Swedish firm behind a novel polymer-graphene composite material, which promises to overcome many of the disadvantages of traditional hydrogen storage methods, has entered a strategic collaboration with UK climate tech startup Levidian, to co-develop new graphene-based polymer solutions for the hydrogen sector and other industries. Graphmatech’s flagship technology, Aros Graphene®, enables efficient graphene integration […]
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£13.7 million of e-waste will be generated by April 3G switch-off
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The O2 network’s move to switch off 3G next month could see £13 million worth of e-waste generated, according to business waste collection firm BusinessWaste.co.uk. The 3G switch-off on O2’s network is expected to affect approximately 4.3 million people across the UK.1 It could generate an enormous 70,516 kilograms of e-waste, said WEEE specialists with […]
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‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change
Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures across Argentina, Brazil and the US in 2012, according to a new attribution study. The research, published in Communications Earth & Environment, analyses the impact of hot and dry extreme weather that hit the three countries in 2012. Although soya […]
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Why the Open Web Is at Risk in the Age of AI Crawlers
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The Internet has always been a space for free expression, collaboration, and the open exchange of ideas. However, with persistent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), AI-powered web crawlers have started transforming the digital world. These bots, deployed by major AI companies, crawl the Web, collecting vast amounts of data, from articles and images to videos […]
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PRISM Launches as the World’s First Non-Profit Dedicated to Researching Sentient AI
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As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, a new organization has emerged to address one of the most profound and complex questions of our time: Can machines become sentient? The Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines (PRISM) officially launched on March 17, 2025 as the world’s first non-profit organization dedicated to investigating […]
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At the core of problem-solving
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As director of the MIT BioMicro Center (BMC), Stuart Levine ’97 wholeheartedly embraces the variety of challenges he tackles each day. One of over 50 core facilities providing shared resources across the Institute, the BMC supplies integrated high-throughput genomics, single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis, bioinformatics support, and data management to researchers across MIT. “Every day […]
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Beyond Retrieval: NVIDIA Charts Course for the Generative Computing Era
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced a series of groundbreaking advancements in AI computing capabilities at the company’s GTC March 2025 keynote, describing what he called a “$1 trillion computing inflection point.” The keynote revealed the production readiness of the Blackwell GPU architecture, a multi-year roadmap for future architectures, major breakthroughs in AI networking, new enterprise […]
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The AI Boom Did Not Bust, but AI Computing is Definitely Changing
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Don’t be too scared of the AI bears. They are wondering aloud if the big boom in AI investment already came and went, if a lot of market excitement and spending on massive AI training systems powered by multitudes of high-performance GPUs has played itself out, and if expectations for the AI era should be […]
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Dr. Alberto-Giovanni Busetto, Chief AI Officer at HealthAI – Interview Series
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Dr Alberto-Giovanni Busetto is a Swiss-Italian AI Executive & Innovator and the Chief AI Officer of HealthAI. He is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils and previously held pioneering roles as the inaugural Global Head of Data Science & AI at Merck Healthcare and the first Group SVP Head of Data […]