The development of AI
Japanese company releases "AI researchers" - is it the end or the beginning of science?
The Tokyo-based company Sakana AI Labs has developed an "AI scientist" that is attracting a lot of attention. It is claimed to be able to manage the entire research process without human intervention.
Jevin West, a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, is impressed by the attempt to cover the entire chain from idea to study with a comprehensive solution.
- I think we should play with this, the potential to help research is enormous, she tells Nature.
The science journal writes that the system is not yet groundbreaking and that it has many limitations. In particular, the "AI scientist" lacks what most scientists consider to be a crucial part of science — the ability to perform laboratory work.
Researcher Gerbrand Ceder says that a lot of work remains for an AI to be practically implementable.
- If you look ahead, I have no doubt that this is where a large part of science will develop.
Japanese company releases "AI researchers" - is it the end or the beginning of science?
The Tokyo-based company Sakana AI Labs has developed an "AI scientist" that is attracting a lot of attention. It is claimed to be able to manage the entire research process without human intervention.
Jevin West, a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, is impressed by the attempt to cover the entire chain from idea to study with a comprehensive solution.
- I think we should play with this, the potential to help research is enormous, she tells Nature.
The science journal writes that the system is not yet groundbreaking and that it has many limitations. In particular, the "AI scientist" lacks what most scientists consider to be a crucial part of science — the ability to perform laboratory work.
Researcher Gerbrand Ceder says that a lot of work remains for an AI to be practically implementable.
- If you look ahead, I have no doubt that this is where a large part of science will develop.
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The Norwegian "spy whale" Hvaldimir has died
Hvaldimir, Norway's most famous white whale, is dead. This is reported by the Norwegian media.
The unusually contact-seeking white whale appeared near Hammerfest in Northern Norway in the spring of 2019. He was wearing a camera harness that was marked "equipment from Saint Petersburg".
It gave rise to the theory that he was part of a Russian spy program, and he was named Hvaldimir after the Norwegian word for election and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, the theory has never been proven. Another theory is that he may have been a therapy animal in a program for children with disabilities, according to VG.
Hvaldimir was found dead in the inlet in southern Norway's Risavika on Saturday. The cause of death is unknown, and he will now undergo an autopsy.
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Hvaldimir, Norway's most famous white whale, is dead. This is reported by the Norwegian media.
The unusually contact-seeking white whale appeared near Hammerfest in Northern Norway in the spring of 2019. He was wearing a camera harness that was marked "equipment from Saint Petersburg".
It gave rise to the theory that he was part of a Russian spy program, and he was named Hvaldimir after the Norwegian word for election and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, the theory has never been proven. Another theory is that he may have been a therapy animal in a program for children with disabilities, according to VG.
Hvaldimir was found dead in the inlet in southern Norway's Risavika on Saturday. The cause of death is unknown, and he will now undergo an autopsy.
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Political situation in Germany
The German extreme right can take a historic victory tomorrow
On Sunday, the extreme right can take power in a German state for the first time since the Second World War, writes the BBC.
Then Thuringia and Saxony in the former East Germany go to the polls. In Thuringia, the far-right party AFD leads in public opinion with 30 percent support. In Saxony, support is 31 percent, but there the Christian Democratic CDU leads by two percentage points.
AFD's success in the East is not only about immigration resistance, but is based on a sense of exclusion and injustice that has been brewing for decades since the fall of the wall.
Many feel that western Germany, which has stronger industry and higher wages, looks down on them.
- Germany is united now, but in practice the differences are big [...] We are forgotten, says 16-year-old Constantin, one of many young AFD supporters who were born after the fall of the wall.
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The German extreme right can take a historic victory tomorrow
On Sunday, the extreme right can take power in a German state for the first time since the Second World War, writes the BBC.
Then Thuringia and Saxony in the former East Germany go to the polls. In Thuringia, the far-right party AFD leads in public opinion with 30 percent support. In Saxony, support is 31 percent, but there the Christian Democratic CDU leads by two percentage points.
AFD's success in the East is not only about immigration resistance, but is based on a sense of exclusion and injustice that has been brewing for decades since the fall of the wall.
Many feel that western Germany, which has stronger industry and higher wages, looks down on them.
- Germany is united now, but in practice the differences are big [...] We are forgotten, says 16-year-old Constantin, one of many young AFD supporters who were born after the fall of the wall.
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The fight against IS
USA: 15 IS terrorists killed in raid in western Iraq
15 people belonging to the terrorist group IS have been killed in a raid in western Iraq, writes the US Central Command, Centcom, in a post on X. The raid was carried out Thursday morning by American and Iraqi forces.
According to AP, seven American soldiers are said to have been injured in the raid, but none of them are said to be life-threatening.
Centcom writes that the IS stronghold contained several weapons, grenades and bomb belts.
The aim of the raid was to disrupt and weaken IS's ability to plan, organize and carry out terrorist attacks, writes the central command on X.
USA: 15 IS terrorists killed in raid in western Iraq
15 people belonging to the terrorist group IS have been killed in a raid in western Iraq, writes the US Central Command, Centcom, in a post on X. The raid was carried out Thursday morning by American and Iraqi forces.
According to AP, seven American soldiers are said to have been injured in the raid, but none of them are said to be life-threatening.
Centcom writes that the IS stronghold contained several weapons, grenades and bomb belts.
The aim of the raid was to disrupt and weaken IS's ability to plan, organize and carry out terrorist attacks, writes the central command on X.
