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These startups are tackling deepfake and digital likeness issues spurred by generative AI

GeekWire

Loti is among a crop of up-and-coming tech companies and nonprofits developing software to help identify deepfakes and protect their likeness. The non-partisan, nonprofit organization launched in January and is led by Oren Etzioni , a University of Washington professor and longtime AI specialist. Loti Luke Arrigoni.

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Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

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It also was set up as a nonprofit that operated like a biotech company, taking discoveries through early-stage research to manufacturing and clinical trials. The institute now focuses on a few core technologies that it can license at earlier stages to biopharma companies. The project is funded by the U.S.

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Washington, Oregon join California in requiring all new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2035

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In Washington, EVs made up 11% of new vehicle sales last month, up from 6% for November 2021, according to the state’s Department of Licensing. this year, reports Car and Driver , with more than two dozen additional models rolling out by the end of 2024. There are 34 all-electric models for sale in the U.S.

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Seattle Children’s Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

GeekWire

Can a nonprofit research institution operate more effectively by taking a page from the commercial biotech industry? The goal is to boost the development of new cell and gene therapies for pediatric cancer and other diseases afflicting children. Developing pediatric treatments is a challenging, lengthy, expensive process.

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Mars Society gains foothold in AI, robotics and biotechnology to clear a path to space

GeekWire

To make a profit, yes, but also to support the development of technologies needed to sustain settlements on the Red Planet. “Those inventions — as it were, IP as exports from Mars — will be one of the main economic supports of the Mars city-state,” Zubrin said.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO Business Intelligence

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit.

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It’s practically impossible to run a big AI company ethically

Vox

“This is straight out of Big Tech’s playbook,” he said An Anthropic spokesperson told me that the current version of the bill “could blunt America’s competitive edge in AI development” and that the company wants to “refocus the bill on frontier AI safety and away from approaches that aren’t adaptable enough for a rapidly evolving technology.”

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