@steveranger

Writer, journalist and editor. High concept enthusiast.

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Joined February 2010
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New in C&I - Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to humanity. Now AI is helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms like the woolly mammoth and giant elk. soci.org/chemistry-and-indus…

How AI could fuel a mammoth antibiotic discovery

AI is speeding the discovery of much-needed new antibiotics and helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from some unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms. Jasmin Fox

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Yann LeCun
@ylecun23 Jan 2023
The title is blunt, but the article conveys what I said on the @collectivei Q&A about progress in AI. ChatGPT & other LLMs didn't come out of a vacuum & are the results of decades of contributions from various people. No AI lab is significantly ahead of the others.
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@ZDNET23 Jan 2023
ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' and 'nothing revolutionary', says Meta's chief AI scientist zd.net/3J7TG6I by @TiernanRayTech

ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' and 'nothing revolutionary', says Meta's chief AI...

The public perceives OpenAI's ChatGPT as revolutionary, but the same techniques are being used and the same kind of work is going on at many research labs, says the deep learning pioneer.

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@ZDNET16 Nov 2022
We have liftoff: NASA's Artemis rocket launches, and Orion is headed to the Moon zd.net/3UJ5QG4 by @LiamT

We have liftoff: NASA's Artemis rocket launches, and Orion is headed to the Moon - ZDNET

After multiple setbacks, the Artemis I mission's Space Launch System has lifted off, with Orion now on its way around the Moon.

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Jason Hiner
@jasonhiner7 Sep 2022
It was kind of @Apple to nearly coordinate the color of today’s #AppleEvent press badges with the new @ZDNET rebrand.
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Tesla boss Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter, saying he is the right person to "unlock" the social media platform's "extraordinary potential" bbc.co.uk/news/business-6110…

Elon Musk makes offer to buy Twitter

The boss of Tesla claims he wants to unlock the social media platform's "extraordinary potential".

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The theft of the $614m in Ethereum and USD Coin from @SkyMavisHQ's Ronin Network is the largest crypto theft of all time. buff.ly/34OKNNF
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ICYM, here’s our investigation on how swaths of new London properties are at risk from an insidious kind of flooding that will get worse because of climate change. This will take 10 minutes of your weekend to read bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-… data viz by @mariepastora
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At Austin airport & came across this art installation for Interimaginary Departures. Was hoping for a ticket to Middle Earth or Pemberley but got one to Vonnegut’s Tralfamadore instead after answering some questions. That’s good, right? Well done to artist Janet Zweig.
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It appears to be 30 years since I started working for 'ZD' companies or titles -- Ziff Davis (PC Magazine UK), ZDNet. Here's what we produced in those far-off days...
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Jo Best@forthebest14 Apr 2021
Does anyone know of ethics/philosophy academics that work on AI? If so, would love to talk with them for an article about when/if AIs deserve rights
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Daphné@daphneleprince15 Mar 2021
I spoke to @rajiinio about the fascinating work she is doing with @AJLUnited to apply bug bounty models to the detection of algorithmic harm. Her work is incredibly important & also anything she says is worth listening to - so give it a read! zd.net/3eHaimG

The new weapon in the fight against biased algorithms: Bug bounties - ZDNET

Deborah Raji is researching ways to apply the models that underpin bug bounty programs to algorithmic harm detection.

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Great analysis of rise of digital worker surveillance & the lack of Govt response. Great work also by @ProspectUnion This needs more attention! More bosses using software to monitor remote workers. Not everyone is happy about it zd.net/3qsqF9G via @ZDNet & @OwenRDHughes

More bosses are using software to monitor remote workers. Not everyone is happy about it - ZDNET

Organizations are finding it tough to keep a tight grip on employees while working from home. As more turn to technology as a solution, what does this mean for privacy in the new remote-working...

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Tokyo Olympics: Russian hackers targeted Games, UK says. The Foreign Office said the GRU, Russian military intelligence, had carried out "cyber reconnaissance" against officials and organisations involved in the Tokyo Games. bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54…
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NCSC UK
@NCSC13 Oct 2020
The latest NCSC statement concerning an incident affecting Hackney Borough Council ncsc.gov.uk/news/hackney-bor…
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We have been subject to a serious cyberattack, which is affecting many of our services and IT systems. We're working with @NCSC and experts to investigate, and will provide updates as we get them. Please avoid contacting us unless absolutely necessary. news.hackney.gov.uk/council-…
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Daphné@daphneleprince5 Oct 2020
I interviewed @NuQuantumLtd's very, very smart CEO Carmen Palacios-Berraquero to find out how tiny particles of light could break new ground in #quantum zd.net/3nhLSSt #womenintech #QuantumComputing
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zdnet.com/article/its-the-bi… Top job on offer as government Chief Digital Officer, earning more than the PM. But ZDnet says nobody seems to want it
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Dave Hill@DaveHill29 Aug 2020
NEW. The south London house where William Blake lived: onlondon.co.uk/vic-keegans-l…. By @vickeegan, burning bright.
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Techmeme
@Techmeme16 Jul 2020
An inside look at how the UK's NHS changed its approach to technology to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, including an interview with the CEO of NHS Digital (@owenrdhughes / ZDNet) zdnet.com/article/theres-no-… techmeme.com/200716/p3#a2007…
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Interesting perspective not frequently discussed or considered. - 'The most stressful four hours of my career:' How it feels to be the victim of a #hacking attack #cybersecurity zd.net/3i04xzN via @ZDNet & @steveranger
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