The Download: a CRISPR patent battle, and the promise of tiny AI
26 Sep
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The Download: a CRISPR patent battle, and the promise of tiny AI

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Technology tamfitronics This is today's edition of The Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it’s been common for lawyers to try to overturn patents held by competitors. But now, in a surprise twist, the team that earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing CRISPR is asking to cancel two of their own seminal patents, MIT Technology Review has learned. ­­The request to withdraw the pair of European patents, by lawyers for Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, comes after a damaging August opinion from a European technical appeals board, which ruled that the duo’s earliest patent...
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Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island
26 Sep
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Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island

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Technology tamfitronics This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Nuclear power is coming back to Three Mile Island. That nuclear power plant is typically associated with a very specific event. One of its reactors, Unit 2, suffered a partial meltdown in 1979 in what remains the most significant nuclear accident in US history. It has been shuttered ever since. But the site, in Pennsylvania, is also home to another reactor—Unit 1, which consistently and safely generated electricity for decades until it was shut down in 2019. The site’s owner announced last week that it has plans to reopen the plant and signed a deal with Microsoft. The company will purchase the plant’s entire electric generating...
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AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts
26 Sep
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AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts

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Technology tamfitronics AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 7 hours ago · 3 min read Sam Altman acknowledges Mira Murati's immense impact as OpenAI undergoes major leadership transitions. 3 min readUpdated: Sep. 26, 2024 at 9:11 am UTC Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image includes combined content which may include AI-generated content.Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has announced her departure from the company after six and a half years. In a message to colleagues, Murati expressed gratitude for the opportunity to lead the technical organization and highlighted recent achievements, including the releases of speech-to-speech technology and OpenAI o1.“While I’ll express my gratitude to many individuals in the coming days, I want to...
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Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power
26 Sep
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Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power

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Technology tamfitronics EdmontonMinister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made a pitch to Silicon Valley on a trip last week. But the cost of power in Alberta may hinder these ambitious plans, one data centre CEO argues.Natural gas the best energy source for data centres, minister saysEmily Williams · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours agoArtificial intelligence may seem invisible to most people, but the computers that run AI are housed in data warehouses like this one, and require a lot of electricity. (Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)The provincial government is trying to sell Alberta as a prime location for data centres — buildings that store and process digital information.Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made his pitch on a trip to Silicon Valley...
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