🧠 Revolutionary AI Geometry, Bay Area's New Tech Commute, and Google's New Search Gesture
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AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry. Our AI system surpasses the state-of-the-art approach for geometry problems, advancing AI reasoning in mathematics Reflecting the Olympic spirit of ancient Greece, the International Mathematical Olympiad is a modern-day arena for the world's brightest high-school mathematicians. The competition not only showcases young talent, but has emerged as a testing ground for advanced AI systems in math and reasoning. By Trieu Trinh and Thang Luong DeepMind
𝕏: Congrats to the #AlphaGeometry team on their impressive breakthrough published today in @Nature using a neuro-symbolic hybrid AI system that can solve Maths Olympiad-level geometry problems. - Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis)
Electric Boat Startup Navier Set to Ferry Stripe Staff to Work. In a limited pilot program, the Bay Area tech bus comes to the sea. The tech buses that shuttle employees from their homes in San Francisco to offices in Silicon Valley have become a fixture of Bay Area culture. By Paayal Zaveri via Bloomberg
𝕏: Excited to work with @navierboat! Gets people around much faster + reduces car commuting/congestion/emissions/etc. (Yes, they had us at "electric flying boat".) - Patrick Collison (@patrickc)
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Google introduces 'Circle to Search, a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures. Alongside Samsung's launch event today, Google announced a new way to search on Android phones dubbed “Circle to Search.” The feature will allow users to search from anywhere on their phone by using gestures like circling, highlighting, scribbling or tapping. By Sarah Perez via TechCrunch
𝕏: We continue to use AI to make Search more helpful + intuitive. Building on features like Lens, Circle to Search is our next big advancement that lets you search what you see on @Android phones with a simple gesture without switching apps. - Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai)
This startup has a different take on driverless cars. Now it's launching in the U.S.. German startup Vay has launched its 'teledriving' service, where remote drivers drive cars to users who can then rent and drive them off, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It marks the first time Vay, which has received funding to the tune of $110 million, has launched a commercial teledriving operation in the U.S. By Ryan Browne via CNBC
𝕏: A piece by @Ryan_Browne_ on our US launch. Incredibly proud of the team at @vay_io - Justin Spratt (@justinspratt)
How AI is decoding the animal kingdom. A new tool reshaping many aspects of the human world could also transform our understanding of the animal kingdom: generative artificial intelligence. Researchers hope that the same technology that is powering ChatGPT will allow us to reach into the non-human world, and begin to understand — even speak — animal languages. By Persis Love via Financial Times
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