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1 week ago

Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models | TechCrunch

AMI Labs, cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun, raised $1.03 billion to develop world models—AI systems that learn from reality rather than language alone.
fromNature
4 months ago

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

Around the world, budgets for fundamental research - studies that seek primarily to advance knowledge for its own sake, without an expectation of a return on investment - are coming under pressure to an extent not seen for at least a generation. In the United States, the principal funder of fundamental research, the National Science Foundation, has this year terminated some 1,600 grants worth a total of US$1 billion, a huge chunk of its $10 billion budget.
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