A looming patent cliff threatens to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry, with over $200 billion in annual revenue at risk through 2030. However, this presents a significant opportunity for biosimilar developers to capitalize on the transition to more affordable treatments. Several companies, including Alvotech, Biocon Biologics, Celltrion, Formycon, and Samsung Bioepis, are already making strides in…
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ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. The chatbot has become an essential tool for many Fortune 500 companies, and its latest partnership with Apple has given the company a significant boost in the AI race. However, OpenAI is facing internal drama, including…
A recent survey of academics worldwide has revealed a significant gap in computing power between researchers in universities and those in large technology companies. This disparity hinders the development of large language models and other AI research, with many academics lacking access to powerful graphics processing units (GPUs). The study suggests that academics could make…
Five Canadian news media companies have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use. The companies claim that OpenAI scraped large swaths of content without permission or compensation, using it to develop its products. OpenAI has responded, stating that its models were trained on…
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. The chatbot has evolved from a tool to hyper-charge productivity to a behemoth used by over 92% of Fortune 500 companies. OpenAI’s latest partnership with Apple for its upcoming generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, has further…
A groundbreaking study has revealed a molecular bottleneck that contributes to the development of chronic health issues, including diabetes and fatty liver disease. Researchers have discovered that proteins in the body become ensnared in chemical traffic jams, causing widespread sluggishness and contributing to the collapse of crucial biological systems. This finding could pave the way…
Researchers at New York University have made a groundbreaking discovery that kidney cells can store information and recognize patterns in a similar way to neurons, challenging the long-held notion that memory is exclusive to the brain. The study, published in Nature Communications, found that kidney cells exhibit a “massed-space effect,” a feature of memory that…
Researchers at Newcastle University have developed a novel approach to solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using waveguide-based structures. This breakthrough could lead to the creation of analogue computers that can rapidly calculate complex mathematical problems, potentially revolutionizing fields such as physics, engineering, and computer science. The new technique uses electromagnetic waves to mimic electronic circuits,…
A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells retain a “memory” of obesity, making it difficult to stay trim. Researchers found that the experience of obesity leads to changes in the epigenome, a set of chemical tags that affect gene activity, causing fat cells to malfunction….
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released a new reasoning AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, which has 32.5 billion parameters and can consider prompts up to 32,000 words in length. The model performs better on certain benchmarks than OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini models and is available for download under a permissive license. QwQ-32B-Preview has shown promising results in solving…
