The irony isn’t lost on Google’s leadership: even the architects of artificial intelligence find themselves navigating its transformative effects. “You know, things are never quiet,” remarked Shweta Maniar, global director of healthcare and life sciences at Google Cloud in a recent interview, recalling how Silicon Valley giants vowed to disrupt healthcare among other industries. “I…
This week in AI research: Amazon launches 2T parameter video model, Mount Sinai opens AI center, Recursion-Exscientia close merger
Amazon is unveiling its multimodal “Olympus” AI model featuring advanced video analysis capabilities, with development versions ranging from 400 billion to 2 trillion parameters. In other news, Mount Sinai Health System opened a 65,000-square-foot AI research center housing 40 Principal Investigators and 250 technical staff, while Recursion Pharmaceuticals completed its merger with Exscientia, reporting a…
Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI to test genAI-based biological threats
Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI are joining forces to conduct the world’s first real-world evaluation of AI’s potential role in biological threats. The partnership between OpenAI and Los Alamos goes beyond previous text-based assessments of AI in biological contexts. OpenAI highlighted two aspects that set this research apart, noting the “research will involve real…