Max Hodak is more worried about Twitter than brain-computer interface hacking
This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos speaks with Science Corp. founder Max Hodak to discuss how brain-computer interfaces are arriving faster than anyone realizes. The Neuralink co-founder and former president shares how his company recently achieved what may be the biggest breakthrough in vision restoration in decades, enabling 80% of blind patients to read […]
What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation, aka RAG?
Editor’s note: This article, originally published on Nov. 15, 2023, has been updated. To understand the latest advancements in generative AI, imagine a courtroom. Judges hear and decide cases based on their general understanding of the law. Sometimes a case — like a malpractice suit or a labor dispute — requires special expertise, so judges send court clerks to a law library, looking for precedents and specific cases they can cite. Like a good judge, large language models […]
3 Subtle Ways Data Leakage Can Ruin Your Models (and How to Prevent It)
Data leakage is an often accidental problem that may happen in machine learning modeling.
The BiG Africa Summit 2026 Ready to Make Its BiGGEST Impact Yet
We’re already feeling the excitement building across the continent as top industry leaders, innovators, and revolutionary partners prepare for the 12th Annual BiG Africa Summit 2026, taking place from 16 –19 February 2026 at The Grand Palm Hotel Casino Convention Resort in Gaborone, Botswana. The coming edition is set to redefine standards in its sector and reciprocate the experience among an assemblage that comprises tens of the region’s finest talents, and a few visionaries as well. With an […]
Meta’s upcoming ‘Avocado’ AI model could be a part of effort to rebalance its open-source vision
Key Highlights: Meta is among the few tech giants that advocate open-source AI (like its Llama models) for innovation, security through community testing, cost-effectiveness for businesses, and preventing gatekeeping. But it seems Meta has realized the future with open-source AI isn’t worth it, as that goodwill won’t pay the bills for its $600 billion investment pledge in the US infrastructure. Meta is reportedly working on a “closed” model, codenamed “Avocado” Well, this comes after disappointment around Meta’s recent […]
New prediction model could improve the reliability of fusion power plants
Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to contain a plasma hotter than the sun’s core and push the plasma’s atoms to fuse and release energy. If tokamaks can operate safely and efficiently, the machines could one day provide clean and limitless fusion energy. Today, there are a number of experimental tokamaks in operation around the world, with more underway. Most are small-scale research […]
We’re announcing new health AI funding, while a new report signals a turning point for health in Europe.
At the European Health Summit in Brussels, Greg Corrado, Distinguished Scientist at Google, released a new report authored by Implement Consulting Group and commissioned…
The 5 AI Tensions Leaders Need to Navigate
Based on insights from more than 100 builders, executives, investors, advisors, and researchers from across the globe.
A woman from Drew County, Arkansas, is sharing her story of being acquitted of drug possession, and she’s now questioning the ASP trooper who arrested her.
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