Novo Nordisk to support MIT postdocs working at the intersection of AI and life sciences | MIT News

MIT’s School of Engineering and global health care company Novo Nordisk has announced the launch of a multi-year program to support postdoctoral fellows conducting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and data science with life sciences. The MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program will welcome its first cohort of up to 10 postdocs…

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Researchers at Stanford Introduce Parsel: An Artificial Intelligence AI Framework That Enables Automatic Implementation And Validation of Complex Algorithms With Code Large Language Models LLMs

Though recent advances have been made in large language model (LLM) reasoning, LLMs still have a hard time with hierarchical multi-step reasoning tasks like developing sophisticated programs. Human programmers, in contrast to other token generators, have (usually) learned to break down difficult tasks into manageable components that work alone (modular) and work together (compositional). As…

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Google pilots new PPC ad format

Google confirmed it is testing a new PPC ad format. However, key details such as the official name, functionality, influence on auction dynamics, and effect on metrics are yet to be released. The lack of information surrounding the new ad format has drawn criticism from advertisers. First spotted: The new ad format was first flagged…

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Google launches confidential matching for data privacy

Google today announced confidential matching, a new privacy-first solution that lets you securely connect your first-party data for audience targeting and campaign measurement, leveraging confidential computing technology. Confidential computing uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to protect data during processing, ensuring no one — not even Google — can access the information. Why we care. As…

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Google Analytics fixes paid search attribution

Google is rolling out an update to attribution models in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to more accurately credit paid search campaigns for driving conversions. Why it matters. The change addresses an issue where conversions that should be attributed to paid search clicks were sometimes incorrectly assigned to organic search, especially for single-page applications. Why we…

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Don’t use our content to train AI systems

Although Google wants all online content available for AI training, the New York Times clearly wants to opt out. The Times has made numerous changes to its terms of service – all aimed at preventing AI companies from using the media organization’s content to train their systems. Why we care. Many large language models are…

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