CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’

Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training

The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made virtually no progress over the past two years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). In that time, the world has experienced the hottest year on record, while England has seen its wettest ever 18-month stretch between 2022 and 2024. […]

This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out over the course of this week, […]

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Most view artificial intelligence (AI) through a one-way lens. The technology only exists to serve humans and achieve new levels of efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. But what if we’re missing half of the equation? And what if, by doing so, we’re only amplifying the technology’s flaws? AI is in its infancy and still faces significant […]

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Conversational AI, which enables machines to simulate human dialogue, has emerged as one of the most sought-after AI applications in today’s market. IDC forecasts that the conversational AI software services market will continue its strong acceleration through 2024-2028, reaching over $31.9 billion in revenue by 2028. Yet, with the growing hype around conversational AI, it […]

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Kieran Norton a principal (partner) at Deloitte & Touche LLP, is the US Cyber AI & Automation Leader for Deloitte. With over 25 years of extensive experience and a solid technology background, Kieran excels in addressing emerging risks, providing clients with strategic and pragmatic insights into cybersecurity and technology risk management. Within Deloitte, Kieran leads the […]

This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first hundred days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out over the course of the […]

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A new collaboration between University of California Merced and Adobe offers an advance on the state-of-the-art in human image completion – the much-studied task of ‘de-obscuring’ occluded or hidden parts of images of people, for purposes such as virtual try-on, animation and photo-editing. Besides repairing damaged images or changing them at a user’s whim, human […]

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Acartia tonsa (illustration by Dmitry Kulakov). A new study indicates that a mixed microplastic blend may be substantially more toxic than a single polymer on a key marine food-web species. Due to the wide range of ways in which microplastics can enter the natural environment, microplastic pollution is extremely diverse in terms of material make-up, […]

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Multimodal AI is transforming the field of artificial intelligence by combining different types of data, such as text, images, video, and audio, to provide a deeper understanding of information. This approach is similar to how humans process the world around them using multiple senses. For example, AI can examine medical images in healthcare while considering […]
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Innovation used to mean faster results or reduced costs. Today, it’s also about accountability. Across industries, there’s a stronger demand for work that limits negative impact. Engineers play a major part in this shift. Whether designing energy systems, transportation routes, or water-saving infrastructure, they now consider the future, not just the present. This change isn’t […]

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The speed with which new technologies hit the market is nothing compared to the speed with which talented researchers find creative ways to use them, train them, even turn them into things we can’t live without. One such researcher is MIT MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw, a graduate student pursuing dual master’s degrees in architectural studies […]

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Image credit: dave hale, CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Spain’s countrywide blackout on Monday has demonstrated the vulnerability of so-called “island” and peninsular grids, despite international improvements in redundancy and forecasting capabilities in recent years, Montel Analytics Director, Jean-Paul Harreman has said (words: Montel Analytics). Earlier on Monday, Spain and parts of Portugal and France experienced […]

This post is the first of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first hundred days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out over the course of […]

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The healthcare landscape as we knew it, like several other industries, has been fundamentally transformed by artificial intelligence over the past couple of years. While many debate the benefits and drawbacks of this change – the technology has been particularly effective in addressing one of medicine’s most persistent challenges: clinician burnout. As we witness this […]

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John Gaeta, Founder and CEO of Eescape.ai, is a visionary innovator best known for his Academy Award-winning work on The Matrix trilogy. A pioneer in immersive media and future-facing technologies, Gaeta has spent his career exploring the fusion of storytelling, real-time rendering, spatial computing, and artificial intelligence to push the boundaries of how audiences experience […]

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Since generative AI began to garner public interest, the computer vision research field has deepened its interest in developing AI models capable of understanding and replicating physical laws; however, the challenge of teaching machine learning systems to simulate phenomena such as gravity and liquid dynamics has been a significant focus of research efforts for at […]
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Wastewater treatment facilities face growing pressure to remove harmful PFAS chemicals from water in a way that saves energy and money. These facilities are searching for ways to lower operational costs and meet stricter regulations. Low-energy PFAS removal systems give them a way to tackle contamination while reducing power use and ongoing expenses. Adopting innovative […]

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Battery energy storage site under construction. By James Basden, founder director of battery storage specialist Zenobe The Cap and Floor scheme for Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES), introduced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and regulated by Ofgem, is designed to drive investment into storage technologies that can deliver electricity for […]