Top 5 Small AI Coding Models That You Can Run Locally
This article is for vibe coders and developers seeking private, fast, and affordable AI coding solutions.
Insights on The Benevolent Nature of Capitalism
By the “benevolent nature of capitalism,” I mean the fact that it promotes human life and well-being and does so for everyone.
Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool
Manufacturing better batteries, faster electronics, and more effective pharmaceuticals depends on the discovery of new materials and the verification of their quality. Artificial intelligence is helping with the former, with tools that comb through catalogs of materials to quickly tag promising candidates. But once a material is made, verifying its quality still involves scanning it with specialized instruments to validate its performance — an expensive and time-consuming step that can hold up the development and distribution of new […]
Once Again, Chat Control Flails After Strong Public Pressure
The European Union Council pushed for a dangerous plan to scan encrypted messages, and once again, people around the world loudly called out the risks, leading to the current Danish presidency to withdraw the plan. EFF has strongly opposed Chat Control since it was first introduced in 2022. The zombie proposal comes back time and time again, and time and time again, it’s been shot down because there’s no public support. The fight is delayed, but not over. […]
the state came after a popular youtuber for tax evasion. now they’re trying to silence him with a gag order.
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Scientists apply optical pooled CRISPR screening to identify potential new Ebola drug targets
The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are rare, the disease is severe and often fatal, with few treatment options. Rather than targeting the virus itself, one promising therapeutic approach would be to interrupt proteins in the human host cell that the virus relies upon. However, finding those regulators of viral infection using existing methods has been difficult and is especially challenging for the most […]
Microsoft to Invest $19B CAD in Canada’s AI and Cloud Future
Key Highlights: Microsoft has been actively investing in different countries to make them ready for what’s being called AI boom these days. The company has been an active investor in the UAE, where it is pouring money to train younger generation on new AI tools, opening AI hubs, and helping the nation to adopt AI in the best possible manner. Thanks to these efforts, the UAE topped the global AI adoption list, according to Microsoft’s AI Diffusion report. […]
COVID and the Craving for Certainty
In March of 2020, I published an essay warning both the public and our policymakers against overreacting to the COVID threat. We overreact, I argued, in times of “epistemic uncertainty,” when we do not know enough about a threat we face and are unclear about our best response. Continue Reading…