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Inside a radical new project to democratize AI

A group of over 1,000 AI researchers has created a multilingual large language model bigger than GPT-3—and they’re giving it out for free.
Source: technologyreview.com

Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’

Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published. European Commission special envoy Robert-Jan Smits has spearheaded a plan to make all scientific works free...
Source: nature.com

Bolstering the workforce is the key to the survival of the NHS | Niall Dickson: Falling staff numbers demand radical answers

Bolstering the workforce is the key to the survival of the NHS | Niall Dickson: Falling staff numbers demand radical answers if we are to meet the challenges that face the health service
Source: theguardian.com

Moved Permanently

Moved Permanently
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

John Kay - Radical uncertainty: The importance of the things we do not know we do not know

John Kay - Radical uncertainty: The importance of the things we do not know we do not know
Source: johnkay.com

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which bacteria or fungi multiply in a patient's blood—often too fast for antibiotics to help. A new device inspired by the human spleen and developed...
Source: medicalxpress.com