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Deep learning models have shown great potential in predicting and engineering functional enzymes and proteins. Does this prowess extend to other fields of biology as well? Contrary to expectations, a ...

Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all ...

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Sophia Stel’s shifting, textural music owes its existence to three things: a synthesizer, digital drums, and guitar. But with just those three instruments, the 26-year-old Vancouver native constructs ...