Sources: Google is in talks to invest $200M+ into Toronto-based Cohere, which has raised $170M+ to let companies add NLP to chatbots and other tools (Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create protein-language models and cut drug discovery time to months  —  Natural language processing algorithms like the ones used in Google searches and OpenAI’s ChatGPT promise to slash the time required to bring medications to market

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create protein-language models and cut drug discovery time to months  —  Natural language processing algorithms like the ones used in Google searches and OpenAI’s ChatGPT promise to slash the time required to bring medications to market

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Intel, Arm, and Nvidia propose a new open, license-free specification with 8-bit floating point, or FP8, precision as a common interchange format for AI  —  In pursuit of faster and more efficient AI system development, Intel, Arm and Nvidia today published a draft specification for what they refer …

Stephanie Condon / ZDNet:
Nvidia and Microsoft plan to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, making Azure the first public cloud to incorporate Nvidia’s full AI stack  —  Nvidia and Microsoft announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, adding tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to Microsoft Azure.

Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek:
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022: participants earned a total of $400K for new exploits targeting Samsung Galaxy S22, printers, routers, and NAS devices on the first day  —  On the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $400,000 for new exploits targeting phones, printers, routers and NAS devices.

Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek:
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022: participants earned a total of $400K for new exploits targeting Samsung Galaxy S22, printers, routers, and NAS devices on the first day  —  On the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $400,000 for new exploits targeting phones, printers, routers and NAS devices.