Topic: microsoft research
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AI-Designed Proteins: A Stealth Threat to Biosecurity
AI-designed proteins pose a new biosecurity threat by creating novel toxic agents that evade current DNA synthesis screening systems, which rely on databases of known threats. Current biosurveillance scans commercial DNA orders for sequences matching known hazardous agents, but this method is ine...
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Microsoft's Light-Based Computer Could Boost AI Efficiency 100x
Microsoft researchers have developed a prototype analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light and voltage intensities instead of electricity, significantly boosting energy efficiency for AI tasks and complex problem-solving. The AOC avoids converting analog signals to digital, achieving up to a ...
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