Citations: Can Anthropic’s New Feature Solve AI’s Trust Problem?

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Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training

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AI verification has been a serious issue for a while now. While large language models (LLMs) have advanced at an incredible pace, the challenge of proving their accuracy has remained unsolved. Anthropic is trying to solve this problem, and out of all of the big AI companies, I think they have the best shot. The […]

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Aditya K Sood (Ph.D) is the VP of Security Engineering and AI Strategy at Aryaka. With more than 16 years of experience, he provides strategic leadership in information security, covering products and infrastructure. Dr. Sood is interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud security, malware automation and analysis, application security, and secure software design. He has […]

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Over 90% of places surveyed across England blighted by litter, says Keep Britain Tidy Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy released a report on 29 January that appears to expose the alarming scale of England’s litter problem – or “crisis”, indeed – and its disproportionate impact on the nation’s most deprived communities. The report, drawing on […]

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Trump takes office ENVIRONMENTAL ORDERS: In his first week in office, US president […]

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A home robot trained to perform household tasks in a factory may fail to effectively scrub the sink or take out the trash when deployed in a user’s kitchen, since this new environment differs from its training space. To avoid this, engineers often try to match the simulated training environment as closely as possible with […]

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Did you know that consistent branding can boost a company’s revenue by up to 33%? Yet, creating a professional logo often feels out of reach for many small businesses due to time, cost, and design hurdles. But that’s where Turbologo steps in. It’s an AI logo maker designed to help you effortlessly create a professional […]
On Monday, January 27, 2025, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum-25-13 relating to a “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs.” The memo references several of President Trump’s January 20 executive orders (EOs), including the “Unleashing American Energy” EO. It directs federal agencies to “complete a comprehensive […]

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BOW, the trailblazing universal robotics software company, has secured £4 million in a seed funding round led by Northern Gritstone. The round included co-investors Finance Yorkshire and Praetura Ventures, as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. This pivotal investment will accelerate the development of BOW’s innovative platform and software development kit (SDK), making […]

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Alan Ranger is the VP of Marketing at Cognigy, with a career spanning 30 years, Alan has held a variety of sales, marketing and leadership roles, both in start-up and large enterprise software companies. Before joining Cognigy, he led global market development at LivePerson where, during his six-year tenure, revenues doubled from $223m to $470m. […]

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforms how we solve problems and make decisions. With the introduction of reasoning models, AI systems have progressed beyond merely executing instructions to thinking critically, adapting to new scenarios, and handling complex tasks. These advancements significantly impact industries such as healthcare, finance, and education. From improving diagnostic accuracy to detecting fraud and […]

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Boston-based dental AI innovator VideaHealth has successfully raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round, further cementing its position as a leader in artificial intelligence solutions for the dental industry. This milestone funding round, led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Avenir Ventures, BAM Ventures, and existing backers like Spark Capital, Zetta Venture […]

The year 2024 was the fourth warmest on record for the UK, behind only 2022, 2023 and 2014. In this review, we look back at the UK’s climate in 2024 to highlight how the key events of the year fit into the wider picture of long-term human-caused climate change. We find: Eight months of the […]

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A new research collaboration between Israel and Japan contends that pedestrian detection systems possess inherent weaknesses, allowing well-informed individuals to evade facial recognition systems by navigating carefully planned routes through areas where surveillance networks are least effective. With the help of publicly available footage from Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, the researchers developed an […]

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Robots have come a long way since the Roomba. Today, drones are starting to deliver door to door, self-driving cars are navigating some roads, robo-dogs are aiding first responders, and still more bots are doing backflips and helping out on the factory floor. Still, Luca Carlone thinks the best is yet to come. Carlone, who […]

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DeepSeek-R1 is the groundbreaking reasoning model introduced by China-based DeepSeek AI Lab. This model sets a new benchmark in reasoning capabilities for open-source AI. As detailed in the accompanying research paper, DeepSeek-R1 evolves from DeepSeek’s v3 base model and leverages reinforcement learning (RL) to solve complex reasoning tasks, such as advanced mathematics and logic, with […]

A forest twice the size of Greater London would need to be planted in the UK to cancel out the extra emissions from the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, Carbon Brief analysis reveals. New runaways at these airports surrounding London would result in cumulative emissions of around 92m tonnes of extra carbon dioxide […]

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Under hydraulic pressure, piezoelectric current pulses and the interface electric field generate ROS and dielectrophoretic forces (Fdep), contributing to the degradation and repulsion of diverse pollutants. Dielectrophoretic forces, Fdep, describe the motion force of particles due to the action of a nonuniform electric field on the particles’ induced dipole (image credit: Qiancheng Xia et al). […]

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Terry Keyworth is Country Manager UK and Ireland and Segment Director Metal at TOMRA Recycling, a global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions. As we embark on a new year, a pressing question arises: What are the defining trends that will shape the future of our industry? Terry Keyworth of TOMRA Recycling provides valuable insights into […]