This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through March 15)
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Summary
This week saw several important developments in the field of AI, including a powerful new language model from Google that is being integrated into robotics, and a New York Times op-ed advocating for the development of AGI, written by a journalist who has “spent a lot of time talking to the engineers building powerful AI systems, the investors funding it, and the researchers studying its effects”.
There was also news of significant breakthroughs in the fields of nuclear fusion and cancer vaccines, as well as research showing that AI search engines are frequently providing incorrect answers to news queries.
In other news, there are positive reports about the potential for lab-grown food to be on sale in the UK for the first time within two years, and Africa’s growing investment in solar power as a solution to both energy needs and climate change.
