AI Predicting Natural Disasters: Can We Trust the Warnings?
In a world where natural disasters are becoming more frequent and destructive, the race is on to predict them with greater accuracy. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI) – the tech marvel…
Tricks, treats and tech: Don’t let your data scare you
Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year – I’m a Halloween enthusiast. It’s a time for spine-tingling thrills, haunted tales and lots of candy corn. But there’s…
sChemNET: A Deep Learning Framework for Predicting Small Molecule Modulators of miRNA Activity in Disease Treatment
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in human diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, by regulating gene expression. Modulating miRNAs or their gene targets with small molecules present a potential therapeutic…
SimpleToM: Evaluating Applied Theory of Mind Capabilities in Large Language Models
Theory of Mind (ToM) capabilities – the ability to attribute mental states and predict behaviors of others – have become increasingly critical as Large Language Models (LLMs) become more integrated…
Hierarchical Encoding for mRNA Language Modeling (HELM): A Novel Pre-Training Strategy that Incorporates Codon-Level Hierarchical Structure into Language Model Training
Messenger RNA (mRNA) plays a crucial role in protein synthesis, translating genetic information into proteins via a process that involves sequences of nucleotides called codons. However, current language models used…
Legal Innovators UK Is Next Week!
After months of planning and bringing together expert speakers from across law firms, inhouse and legal tech companies, Legal Innovators UK is happening next week …
Once-dominant Swiggy seeks $11.3B value at IPO, less than half Zomato’s worth
Swiggy, one of India’s largest food delivery and quick commerce startups, is seeking a valuation of up to $11.3 billion in its initial public offering, marking a 57% discount to…
X makes its basic API tier more costly, launches annual subscriptions
Elon Musk-owned social network X made changes to its API pricing and limits today and also announced annual plans with a discounted rate. The company raised the prices of the…
Meesho claims Indian e-commerce first with positive cash flow
Meesho has become India’s first horizontal e-commerce firm to generate positive cash flow, marking a significant shift in a market where profitability has long remained elusive even as new competitive…
African ‘gender-equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second fund at $78M
Pan-African venture capital firm Janngo Capital has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €73 million ($78 million), 20% more than its target of €60 million (~$63 million). In 2022, Janngo…