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Putting the power of AlphaFold into the worldโs hands
When we announced AlphaFold 2 last December, it was hailed as a solution to the 50-year old protein folding problem. Last week, we published the scientific paper and source code explaining how we created this highly innovative system, and today weโre sharing high-quality predictions for the shape of every single protein in the human body, as well as for the proteins of 20 additional organisms that scientists rely on...
Published on: July 22, 2022 | Source:
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Issue 568
To embrace or resist the new wave of AI-based APIs. That is the question!
Published on: July 22, 2022 | Source:Devcon Scholars Returns & Announcing Devcon Week!
Queridos Amigos, Yesterday, Wave #01 of Devcon tickets sold out just a few minutes after going online! After two years of anticipation, the whole team awaited this moment with curious suspense. But donโt worry, more ticket waves are coming soon. Today we are excited to announce the return...
Published on: July 20, 2022 | Source:2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 Review: 6-Cylinder Serenity
The redesigned S-Class' base engine feels anything but entry level.
Published on: July 19, 2022 | Source:The virtuous cycle of AI research
We recently caught up with Petar Veliฤkoviฤ, a research scientist at DeepMind. Along with his co-authors, Petar is presenting his paper The CLRS Algorithmic Reasoning Benchmark at ICML 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Published on: July 19, 2022 | Source:Perceiver AR: general-purpose, long-context autoregressive generation
We develop Perceiver AR, an autoregressive, modality-agnostic architecture which uses cross-attention to map long-range inputs to a small number of latents while also maintaining end-to-end causal masking. Perceiver AR can directly attend to over a hundred thousand tokens, enabling practical long-context density estimation without the need for hand-crafted sparsity patterns or memory mechanisms.
Published on: July 16, 2022 | Source:DeepMindโs latest research at ICML 2022
Starting this weekend, the thirty-ninth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2022) is meeting from 17-23 July, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland, USA, and will be running as a hybrid event. Researchers working across artificial intelligence, data science, machine vision, computational biology, speech recognition, and more are presenting and publishing their cutting-edge work in machine...
Published on: July 15, 2022 | Source:Issue 567
Thank you for all of your help and support helping to make sure the Package Index is sustainable
Published on: July 15, 2022 | Source:DEVCON VI: TICKET SALES BEGIN & MORE!
Amigos y amigas! Today, we want to bring everyone a few details on the ticketing process in advance of Mondayโs launch, and we have updates on supporter, volunteer, and discount-ticket applications. As the icing on the cake, we'll also introduce you to the Devcon Community Hubs! But first,...
Published on: July 13, 2022 | Source:Intuitive physics learning in a deep-learning model inspired by developmental psychology
Despite significant effort, current AI systems pale in their understanding of intuitive physics, in comparison to even very young children. In the present work, we address this AI problem, specifically by drawing on the field of developmental psychology.
Published on: July 11, 2022 | Source:Issue 566
We need some help making sure the Swift Package Index is around for the long term? Can you help?
Published on: July 08, 2022 | Source:Hermes as the Default
Last October, we announced that we had started work towards making Hermes the default engine for all React Native apps.
Published on: July 08, 2022 | Source:Human-centred mechanism design with Democratic AI
In our recent paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour, we provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that deep reinforcement learning (RL) can be used to find economic policies that people will vote for by majority in a simple game. The paper thus addresses a key challenge in AI research - how to train AI systems that align with human values.
Published on: July 04, 2022 | Source:Issue 565
How do you like to format your code? I like mine formatted automatically!
Published on: July 01, 2022 | Source:Sepolia Merge Announcement
Note: on July 5, 2022, the recommended releases for go-ethereum and Erigon were modified. See "Client Releases" for details. Sepolia will be the second of three public testnets to run through The Merge. The network will transition to proof-of-stake when the total difficulty on the proof-of-work chain exceeds 17,000,000,000,000,000, which...
Published on: June 30, 2022 | Source:Devcon VI: First Tickets & FINAL WEEK of Speaker Applications
Three weeks ago, we opened the speaker and volunteer applications as well as the discount builder and student tickets, and we are excited about the quality of submissions! This year, weโve opened applications for those looking to attend Devcon with Builder and Student discounts, as [Speakers...
Published on: June 28, 2022 | Source:Issue 564
Discoverability and Siri. What's the answer?
Published on: June 24, 2022 | Source:Leading a movement to strengthen machine learning in Africa
Avishkar Bhoopchand, a research engineer on the Game Theory and Multi-agent team, shares his journey to DeepMind and how heโs working to raise the profile of deep learning across Africa.
Published on: June 23, 2022 | Source:What is Magento hosting? A definitive guide
Everything you need to know about the hosting plan that's compatible with the ecommerce software Magento.
Published on: June 22, 2022 | Source:Announcing React Native 0.69
We are excited to release a new version of React Native, 0.69.0. This version comes with several improvements for the New Architecture of React Native and new features: React 18 support & bundled Hermes. Read on to learn more!
Published on: June 21, 2022 | Source:Fellowship Program: Cohort #2 Applications Open & Cohort #1 Roundup
Ethereum is a living thing. Yes, at its core there is a virtual machine (the EVM) that runs and faithfully calculates a new state from block to block, but the magic of Ethereum is that one little state machine can be shared by millions of people who might not have...
Published on: June 21, 2022 | Source:Ropsten, Rinkeby & Kiln Deprecation Announcement
Reminder: the Gray Glacier upgrade is scheduled for block 15,050,000, expected June 29, 2022 The Kiln Merge testnet, launched earlier this year, will be shut down shortly after the Ethereum mainnet's transition to proof-of-stake. Ropsten, Ethereum's longest-lived proof-of-work testnet, has transitionned to proof-of-stake. It will be shut down in Q4...
Published on: June 21, 2022 | Source:Big Companies Donโt Churn. They Quit You.
It is a lot of work to switch vendors. A total pain. So be very embarrassed when you lose an existing customer to the competition. And really find out why. No one wants to switch if they don't need to. And โ do something about it before it happens again โ Jason SaaStr 2025 is... Continue Reading
Published on: June 18, 2022 | Source:Issue 563
The best way to think about SwiftUI and how you should treat new technology.
Published on: June 17, 2022 | Source:Gray Glacier Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled network upgrade at block 15,050,000, which is expected to occur on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and time zones. Please upgrade your node before Monday, June 27, 2022 to account for...
Published on: June 16, 2022 | Source:Helping migrate React Native libraries to the New Architecture
tl; dr: We are working on improving the resources supporting the React Native New Architecture. We have already released a repository to help migrate your app (RNNewArchitectureApp) and one for your libraries (RNNewArchitectureLibraries). We are also revamping the New Architecture guide on the Website and we created a GitHub Working Group to answer questions related to the New Architecture.
Published on: June 16, 2022 | Source:Issue 562
So many announcements and new APIs, and all we can talk about is regular expressions?
Published on: June 10, 2022 | Source:Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?
The mobile-first design methodology is greatโit focuses on what really matters to the user, itโs well-practiced, and itโs been a common design pattern for years. So developing your CSS mobile-first should also be great, tooโฆright? Well, not necessarily. Classic mobile-first CSS development is based on the principle of overwriting style declarations: you begin your CSS with default style declarations, and overwrite...
Published on: June 09, 2022 | Source:Spotlight on LatAm: Identity solutions for Govtech
The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Chuy Cepeda. Our identities hold immense power. In a time when people take great pride in using multiple pseudonyms or personas, we often think about how to identify ourselves. I identify as a native of Monterrey, Mexico, a Latin-American, a...
Published on: June 07, 2022 | Source:DEVCON VI: Applications Online, Participation Details Inside
Queridos amigos, Itโs happening. Devcon is back! When we first announced that Devcon would take place in Bogotรก, we spoke about all the city had to offer, and what we dreamed the event could become. Later this year, we will finally meet in Bogotรก. With Devconnect now...
Published on: June 06, 2022 | Source:How to Handle, and Share, Bad News
Run toward bad news Sometimes you need a moment. That's OK. But after that, hiding makes it worse. Process it โฆ Then: Address itShare itTalk about itMake a planAct on it Your team and investors will rally โ Jason SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 24, 2025 The past 12+ years Iโve had... Continue Reading
Published on: June 04, 2022 | Source:Issue 561
There's just one more thing I need to mention before WWDC! A quick feature announcement for the Swift Package Index!
Published on: June 03, 2022 | Source:Ropsten TTD Announcement
A Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) of 50000000000000000 has been selected for the Ropsten Merge. Stakers and node operators must manually override the TTD in both their execution and consensus layer clients before June 7, 2022. Proof-of-Work testnets can have volatile hash rates and the exact timing of The Merge on...
Published on: June 03, 2022 | Source:Grantee Roundup: May 2022
Itโs always fun to hear about new grants as theyโre awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we check in on projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees!...
Published on: June 01, 2022 | Source:Grantee Roundup - May 2022
Itโs always fun to hear about new grants as theyโre awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we check in on projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees!...
Published on: June 01, 2022 | Source: