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Researchers Make Low Energy LLM Breakthrough

In their innovative approach, the researchers tackled the most computationally expensive part of running large language models: matrix multiplication. By eliminating this step and employing custom hardware, they discovered that a billion-parameter-scale language model could operate on just 13 watts of power. This efficiency surpasses typical hardware by over 50 times.

June 26, 2024
Researchers Make Low Energy LLM Breakthrough
See how your body works in real time — wearable ultrasound is on its way

…existing wearables generally collect data from only within millimetres below the skin’s surface… The device… attached to the skin using a bioadhesive and connected by wires to a pocket-sized battery and data-transmission system. This system wirelessly transmits clinical-level data to a tablet or smartphone

June 26, 2024
See how your body works in real time — wearable ultrasound is on its way
Lilly collaborates with OpenAI to discover novel medicines to treat drug-resistant bacteria

…will allow Lilly to leverage OpenAI's generative AI to invent novel antimicrobials to treat drug-resistant pathogens.

June 25, 2024
Lilly collaborates with OpenAI to discover novel medicines to treat drug-resistant bacteria
ESM3: Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model

…describe the generation of a new green fluorescent protein (GFP)…responsible for the glowing colors of jellyfish and corals, and are important tools in modern biotechnology. esmGFP, our new protein, has a sequence that is only 58% similar to the closest known fluorescent protein. From the rate of diversification of GFPs found in nature, we estimate that this generation of a new fluorescent protein is equivalent to simulating over 500 million years of evolution.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/alter3-is-the-latest-gpt-4-powered-humanoid-robot/

June 25, 2024
ESM3: Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
GeoMFormer: A General Architecture for Geometric Molecular Representation Learning

Molecular modeling, a central topic in quantum mechanics, aims to accurately calculate the properties and simulate the behaviors of molecular systems. …introduce a novel Transformer-based molecular model called GeoMFormer… two separate streams are developed to maintain and learn invariant and equivariant representations…Extensive experiments are conducted to demonstrate the power of GeoMFormer.

June 24, 2024
GeoMFormer: A General Architecture for Geometric Molecular Representation Learning
IBM Develops The AI-Quantum Link

The classical computers or servers are used for preprocessing in the development of quantum algorithms and circuits and for postprocessing to manage the errors, improve the results, and complete the processing task…AI could also enhance quantum computing capabilities and several companies are working towards achieving this goal.

June 24, 2024
IBM Develops The AI-Quantum Link
Swallow this robot: Endiatx’s tiny pill examines your body with cameras, sensors

...the PillBot, is an ingestible robotic capsule equipped with cameras, sensors, and wireless communication capabilities, allowing doctors to examine the gastrointestinal tract with unprecedented precision and control.

June 21, 2024
Swallow this robot: Endiatx’s tiny pill examines your body with cameras, sensors
Is this the end of animal testing?

Researchers are increasingly turning to organ-on-a-chip technology for drug testing and other applications.

June 21, 2024
Is this the end of animal testing?
SQUID, a new genomic AI model

AI can sift through hundreds of thousands of genome data points to identify potential new therapeutic targets….SQUID works by first generating a library of over 100,000 variant DNA sequences.

June 21, 2024
SQUID, a new genomic AI model
Apple, Microsoft Shrink AI Models to Improve Them

These models are a fraction of the size of their LLM counterparts and yet, on many benchmarks, can match or even outperform them in text generation.

June 20, 2024
Apple, Microsoft Shrink AI Models to Improve Them