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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Wow, “the probability of an AMOC collapse before the year 2050 is estimated to be 59%.” That would have a huge impact on the global atmospheric circulation, causing unprecedented extreme weather society is not adapted to.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Uhm, hello? *tap tap* Is this thing on? Yeah. Yet another study — this one using observational data — puts AMOC collapse at mid-century on our current emissions path. arxiv.org/html/2406.11...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/08/2024
CNN covers a new study on the danger of an #AMOC disruption. I do consider that a very serious risk. But I’m a bit misquoted; I told them that Greenland meltwater inflow increases that risk, but is ignored in most models. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/...
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 31/07/2024
"Even if we were successful in phasing out fossil fuels, we would still breach the 1,5 degrees Celsius boundary, if we do not come back into the safe space on the biosphere boundaries," says Johan Rockström on "The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens". 🎬 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jabo...
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Exceeding Earth's Safe Limits with Johan Rockström | TGS 134
(Conversation recorded on June 19th, 2024) Show Summary: While the mainstream conversation about our planet’s future is heavily dominated by the topic of cl...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 08/08/2024
Ending the streak of record monthly warmth, July 2024 was in fact the 2nd hottest July on record globally. Some of the largest temperature anomalies, in terms of magnitude, were found over Antarctica. Summary of the conditions: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in July 2024 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. This visualization shows North and South America. Most areas are warmer than average.Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in July 2024 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Australia, Antarctica, and Asia. Most areas are warmer than average.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 01/08/2024
July 2024 came in slightly below 2023, ending a 13-month streak of record-setting months. But global temps remain far above any year prior to 2023, and 2024 is still on track to be the warmest year on record. For details, see my latest at Climate Brink: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/second-war...
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Second warmest July ends a 13-month record streak
But global temperatures remain far higher than any year prior to 2023
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Comprehensive survey of methane emissions from US oil & gas shows leakage is: - enough to meet annual energy needs of *more than half American homes* - 4x more than estimated by regulators - 50x levels companies said they'd emit under voluntary agreement www.ft.com/content/58e7...
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US emissions of planet-warming gas far exceed estimates, study finds
Fossil fuel extractors emit enough methane to meet the annual energy needs of more than half of American homes
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Vast plans #microgravity lab on its Haven-1 private #space station The commercial space station company is building a private microgravity research lab as part of its Haven-1 station plans. Vast is bringing on space biotech company Yuri as its partner in the lab. techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/v...
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Vast plans microgravity lab on its Haven-1 private space station | TechCrunch
Vast's Haven-1 Lab will provide the first private research and science facility on orbit.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
AI-powered #water heater could banish cold #showers and carbon pollution Water heater technology hasn’t changed much so far. Cala Systems saw an opportunity to build the best heat pump water heater, which pairs an advanced heat pump with an AI-powered control system. techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/a...
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Exclusive: AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution | TechCrunch
Cala Systems’ water heater pairs an advanced heat pump with an AI-powered control system to forecast hot water demand.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture #CO2 Applied Carbon have turned to a centuries-old practice that transforms waste biomass into charcoal-like substance known as biochar that can store #carbon for decades, even centuries. techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/a...
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Exclusive: Applied Carbon's farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2 | TechCrunch
The startup has raised $21.5 million to build more of its machines and deploy them throughout the U.S.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener #cement alternative Cocoon is building a processed bi-product of more energy-efficient steel production that serves as a environmentally friendly cement alternative. techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/c...
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Exclusive: Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener cement alternative
Cocoon is a new startup built on the belief that greener steel production and the creation of concrete slag doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
A watchdog for corporate #climate commitments is cracking down on #carboncredits Carbon offset credits might actually hinder efforts to slash greenhouse gas pollution — the exact opposite of what corporate climate commitments are supposed to achieve. www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/242...
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A watchdog for corporate climate commitments is cracking down on carbon credits
Companies can’t just offset their climate pollution, watchdog warns
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Google DeepMind develops a table tennis #robot The researchers have effectively developed a “solidly amateur human-level player” when pitted against a human component. During testing, the table tennis robot was able to beat all of the beginner-level players it faced. techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/g...
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Google DeepMind develops a ‘solidly amateur’ table tennis robot | TechCrunch
During testing, Google DeepMind's table tennis bot was able to beat all of the beginner-level players it faced.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Looking Glass’ new lineup includes a phone-sized #holographic display The device features a six-inch spatial display, making it roughly the size of a smartphone. The device has a foldable base that props it up for display purposes. techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/l...
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Looking Glass’ new lineup includes a $300 phone-sized holographic display | TechCrunch
The Looking Glass Pro has a 6-inch display and a foldable base. It shows spatial images like those created with the Apple Vision Pro and iPhone 15 Pro.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Axle Energy to decarbonize the grid Increasing uptake of renewables is a strong trend. “Axle is an energy flexibility company,” explains Bach. “We connect distributed assets like electric vehicles and batteries to energy markets. So we exist to decarbonize the grid.“ techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/a...
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Axle Energy's sprint to decarbonize the grid lights up with $9M seed led by Accel | TechCrunch
Axle Energy is a B2B, back-end infrastructure business focused on connecting flexible assets, such as electric vehicles and home batteries, to energy markets that aren't otherwise available for consum...
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Napkin turns text into visuals with generative #AI “Napkin’s product is targeted toward professionals in the business of selling ideas and creating content,” Sharma said. “The goal is to minimize the time of the design process by turning it into a generative flow.” techcrunch.com/2024/08/07/n...
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Napkin turns text into visuals with a bit of generative AI | TechCrunch
Napkin wants to use generative AI to make turning text into visualizations as easy as clicking on a button and customizing the results.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Automattic, the owner of WordPress, launches #AI writing tool The new generative AI #writing assistant tool helps users construct content using text-based prompts and tweak the tone of their posts to be more informal or empathetic, for example. techcrunch.com/2024/08/07/a...
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Automattic launches AI writing tool that aims to make WordPress blogs more readable and succinct | TechCrunch
Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, has launched a new AI tool designed to help bloggers write more clearly and succinctly.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-propelled aircraft takes flight The company looks to build what could be the highest-performance aircraft to take off from a runway. Mk-II is acknowledged as a development vehicle, paving the way for a two-stage-to-orbit aircraft called Mk-III techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/d...
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Dawn Aerospace's rocket-propelled aircraft takes flight | TechCrunch
Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-powered aircraft soared to new heights in its latest test campaign, as the company looks to build what could be the
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Who cut the plant-based cheese? Plonts did with microbes Plonts says microbes are the key to what will fix the taste, flavor and melt of plant-based cheese. In fact, it’s the microbes that give cheese its distinctive smell. Plonts’ cheese is made from soybeans. techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/w...
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Who cut the plant-based cheese? Plonts did with microbes, and it’s stinky | TechCrunch %
Plonts’ cheese is made from soybeans, which are not very flavorful by themselves. That's where Plonts' technology comes in.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
German computer scientists raise $30 million to help companies make sense of their data KNIME’s software is built on visual, no-code workflows designed to integrate with an org’s systems of record. Users can transform data, regardless of where the data resides. techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/k...
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German computer scientists raise $30 million to help companies make sense of their data | TechCrunch
A startup called KNIME offers a growing portfolio of tools to automate data analytics work -- and these services have proven to be quite lucrative.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Figure’s new humanoid #robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations Figure 02 is outfitted with speakers and microphones to speak and listen to people at work. Communication is important, as the systems are designed to wander freely without a safety cage. techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/f...
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Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations | TechCrunch
Figure 02 is outfitted with speakers and microphones to speak and listen to people at work.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
H3X scales up its electric aerospace ambitions H3X makes electric motors. What sets them apart, is how small they are for how much power they put out. If you were using an electric motor the size of a dishwasher, the H3X equivalent might be the size of a microwave. techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/h...
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H3X scales up its electric aerospace ambitions with $20M in new funding | TechCrunch
Many industries that rely on legacy energy sources are aiming to electrify or at least streamline their operations, but for countless use cases, the tech
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Riverlane to correct quantum errors The startup is building technology that fits on chips used in #quantumcomputing systems and can track, predict and fix the errors generated by quantum bits (known as qubits). This goes beyond the capability of any supercomputer. techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/u...
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UK's Riverlane scores $75M to correct quantum errors | TechCrunch
Quantum computing may still largely be in the theoretical domain, but the money that it’s attracting is very real.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
#OpenAI co-founder leaves for rival #AI startup #Anthropic Schulman posted about the decision, saying that it stemmed from a desire to deepen his focus on AI alignment — the science of ensuring AI behaves as intended — and engage in more hands-on technical work. techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/o...
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OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave | TechCrunch
One of OpenAI's co-founders and a chief architect of ChatGPT has left the company for rival AI startup Anthropic.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Muon Space plans a ‘turnkey solution’ for custom Earth observation #satellites Muon’s business model represents a new paradigm for access to space: Instead of spending years developing satellite hardware & software, customers can use Muon’s end-to-end service instead techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/m...
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Muon Space closes $56M to scale all-in-one satellite platform | TechCrunch
Muon Space closed a new tranche of funding for its space-as-a-service business.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Placer #AI boosts valuation to $1.5B Placer is a startup developing AI market research based on #location data. The startup provides a wide range of location-based analytics to companies by combining AI with anonymized data that it sources from third-party apps. techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/p...
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Placer.ai boosts valuation to $1.5B after quietly raising another $75M | TechCrunch
A startup developing AI market research based on location data, and backed by a who's who, has quietly raised, TechCrunch has learned.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here’s the full list A unicorn is a startup company valued at over $1 billion. The list includes famed AI search engine #Perplexity. The company has raised $165 million to date at a current valuation of $1.04 billion. techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/3...
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38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here's the full list | TechCrunch
The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other AI startups.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
#AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia Groq is a startup that is developing chips to run generative AI models faster than conventional processors. Groq is creating an LPU. Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun will serve as a technical advisor to Groq. techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/a...
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AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia | TechCrunch
Groq, a startup developing custom chips for running generative AI workloads, has raised $640 million in new funds at a $2.8 billion valuation.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Adept Materials’ dehumidifying #paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors #Moisture control is difficult. As #humidity rises in the bathroom, this super-absorbent paint draws in moisture and doesn’t release it until the humidity in the bathroom drops. techcrunch.com/2024/08/02/a...
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Exclusive: Adept Materials' dehumidifying paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors | TechCrunch
The startup developed a two-material system that helps homes self-regulate their internal humidity.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Pronto is a off-road #autonomous vehicle startup Pronto has developed a self-driving system designed for haulage trucks and other off-road vehicles that are used at construction and mining sites. Companies are now using its #driverless “autonomous haulage system”. techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/w...
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Why Anthony Levandowski returned to his off-road autonomous vehicle roots with AV startup Pronto | TechCrunch
Five years ago, as robotaxis and self-driving truck startups were still raking in millions in venture capital, Anthony Levandowski turned to off-road
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Healx a #drugdiscovery platform uses #AI to find treatments for rare diseases Healx identifies hidden connections between existing chemical compounds (e.g., drugs and #pharmaceuticals at various stages of the development cycle) and rare diseases. techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/h...
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Healx, an AI-enabled drug discovery platform for rare diseases, raises $47M | TechCrunch
Healx, a U.K. startup using AI to discover new drugs for rare diseases, has raised $47 million in a Series C round of funding.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
#AI has a #climate problem The lightning-fast explosion of AI tools affects the climate. How do you decide if AI is ‘worth’ the #energy? After all, to run AI at scale, we need to build a lot of data centers and pack them full of power-hungry GPUs. www.theverge.com/24211177/ai-...
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AI is just one of many problems in the climate crisis
AI’s got 99 problems and climate is just one of them.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Meta will need 10x more computing power to train Llama 4 than Llama 3 #AI “The amount of computing needed to train Llama 4 will likely be almost 10 times more than what we used to train Llama 3, and future models will continue to grow beyond that,” Zuckerberg said. techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/z...
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Zuckerberg says Meta will need 10x more computing power to train Llama 4 than Llama 3 | TechCrunch
“The amount of computing needed to train Llama 4 will likely be almost 10x more than what we used to train Llama 3,” Zuckerberg said.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Neura shows off humanoid #robot 4NE-1 4NE-1 has been shown performing a variety of activities, like ironing and moving boxes. Neura is one of a baker’s dozen of firms that were given early access to Nvidia’s humanoid robot development and deployment tools. techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/n...
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Neura shows off humanoid robot 4NE-1 | TechCrunch
This week’s video shows 4NE-1 doing a lot; in some sense, it’s doing more than we’ve seen from other humanoids in the space.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Tezi is building an #AI agent for hiring #managers The startup claims their bot will sift through resumes to find the ones that match the #hiring criteria, find time on the #recruiter’s calendar to set up an interview and send out the email to the candidate. techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/t...
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Tezi is building an AI agent for hiring managers | TechCrunch
Tezi, an early stage startup is trying to build an AI agent for hiring managers to automate the recruiting workflow up to the interview.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
A new approach to #passiveincome: Letting people invest in #franchises for as little as $500 The idea behind FranShares’ marketplace is to match franchises with investors wanting a piece of a business without having to deal with the headaches involved with owning one techcrunch.com/2024/07/30/f...
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FranShares has a new approach to passive income, letting people invest in franchises for as little as $500 | TechCrunch
FranShares has raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by Chicago Ventures to grow its marketplace for investors and franchise operators.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
#OpenAI won’t watermark #ChatGPT text OpenAI has had a system for watermarking ChatGPT-created text and a tool to detect the watermark ready for about a year, reports The Wall Street Journal. But the company is divided internally over whether to release it. www.theverge.com/2024/8/4/242...
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OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught
But not doing it could make it look irresponsible.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
CO2 from electricity falls in EU as wind & solar generate 30% of power - now more than coal, oil & gas combined - in 1st half of 2024 Germany, Belgium, Hungary & Netherlands generated more electricity from wind & solar than fossil fuels for first time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 30/07/2024
Increasing temperatures cause the humidity of the air to also increase. As the air contains more water, when it rains, it rains more. This 'causal chain' is clearly observed in changes to UK climate, leading to more intense rainfall, increasing the risk of local flooding.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
"Kamala Harris will continue Biden's climate policies, say experts. But is that good enough?" by Matthew Rozsa for the @salonnewsroom.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2024/07/26/k...
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Kamala Harris will continue Biden's climate policies, say experts. But is that good enough?
Biden did more to address climate change than any previous president. Will Harris be willing to go further?
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Making #AI models ‘forget’ undesirable data hurts their performance That’s according to a new study by Google & several universities, which found that the most popular unlearning AI techniques today tend to degrade models — often to the point where they’re unusable. techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/m...
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Making AI models 'forget' undesirable data hurts their performance | TechCrunch
A new study finds that making generative AI models 'forget' information hurts their performance on other tasks, making them less useful.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Bee offers a wearable #AI assistant that learns from your conversations Its wearable AI assistant listens to you to learn more about you, take notes, surface contextual reminders and build lists. The company also has a companion Apple Watch app. techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/f...
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Bee raises $7M for its wearable AI assistant that learns from your conversations | TechCrunch
The promise of AI and large language models (LLMs) is the ability to understand increasingly wider amounts of context and make sense of that information
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
OpenAI comes for Google with SearchGPT OpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a new #AI #search experience to compete directly with Google. The feature aims to elevate search queries with “timely answers” from across the internet and allows the user to ask follow-up questions. techcrunch.com/2024/07/25/w...
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With Google in its sights, OpenAI unveils SearchGPT | TechCrunch
OpenAI is previewing an AI-powered search experience called SearchGPT, some aspects of which the company says could make their way into ChatGPT.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Max Space reinvents expandable habitats with a 17th-century twist, launching in 2026 Max Space’s expandable habitats promise to be larger, stronger, and more versatile than anything like them ever launched, not to mention lighter than a solid, machined structure. techcrunch.com/2024/07/27/m...
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Max Space reinvents expandable habitats with a 17th-century twist, launching in 2026 | TechCrunch
Max Space's expandable habitats promise to be larger, stronger, and more versatile than anything like them ever launched, not to mention cheaper and lighter by far than a solid, machined structure.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
#Energy tech startup Greenely supports Europe’s energy transition Greenely's energy management platform offers energy consumption #analytics combined with energy optimization services that allow paying customers to achieve savings on their #electricity consumption. techcrunch.com/2024/07/26/e...
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Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe's energy transition | TechCrunch
The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities for acceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It's
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Perplexity #AI is cutting checks to publishers Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with publishing partners, including prominent names like Fortune. “It’s a much better revenue split than Google, which is zero,” Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said. www.theverge.com/2024/7/30/24...
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Perplexity is cutting checks to publishers following plagiarism accusations
Time, Der Spiegel, and Fortune are among the first batch of publishers to join Perplexity’s publisher’s program.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Arc’teryx’s new powered pants could make hikers feel 30 pounds lighter Strength-boosting #exoskeleton suits can help make physical jobs feel less strenuous but Arc’teryx has partnered with Skip, a spinoff of Google’s X Labs, to bring the technology to leisure time. www.theverge.com/2024/7/29/24...
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Arc’teryx’s new powered pants could make hikers feel 30 pounds lighter
One step closer to Iron Man.
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Christoph @trendspotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Runway’s #AI video generator trained on thousands of scraped YouTube videos The training dataset includes videos from Netflix, Nintendo, Linus Tech Tips, and even The Verge. Runway is an AI startup that has received millions in funding from Alphabet and Nvidia. www.theverge.com/2024/7/25/24...
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Runway’s AI video generator trained on thousands of scraped YouTube videos
Some of YouTube’s biggest creators are on the list.
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
🌡️ New daily global average temperature record. As anticipated, the #CopernicusClimate ERA5 preliminary data show that Monday 22 July was the warmest day in recent history, at 17.15°C, breaking the records from 21 July 24 and 6 July 23. Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/new-record-d...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 23/07/2024
There is a lot happening in the news these days, but it seems like we should be paying a bit more attention to the fact that the world just saw its hottest day on record (in absolute terms), coming on the back of 13 straight record setting months:
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