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British Google AI boss Sir Demis Hassabis among scientists awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry | UK News
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Briton Sir Demis Hassabis has been awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry, jointly with two other scientists. The trio of Sir Demis, as well as Americans Professor David Baker and Dr John Jumper, were honoured on Wednesday for their work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones. The research has helped advances…
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Nobel physics prize awarded to ‘godfather of AI’ who warned the technology could end humanity | Science & Tech News
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The 2024 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to two scientists who laid “the foundation” for artificial intelligence – although one of them recently warned the technology could be the end of humanity. John Hopfield from Princeton University and Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto spent decades developing our knowledge of artificial neural…
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Virgin Orbit awarded licences for UK’s first space launch | Business News
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Space launches are set to take place in the UK after Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit was granted licences to operate them. The decision was described as a “milestone” by the space regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Virgin Orbit is planning a launch from Spaceport Cornwall at Cornwall Airport Newquay in the coming weeks.…