Do AI systems need to come with safety warnings?

To receive The Algorithm in your inbox every Monday, sign up here. Welcome to The Algorithm!  Considering how powerful AI systems are, and the roles they increasingly play in helping to make high-stakes decisions about our lives, homes, and societies, they receive surprisingly little formal scrutiny.  That’s starting to change, thanks to […]

Barcelona-based Seqera Labs, which provides data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences, has raised a €22M Series A led by Lee Fixel’s Addition (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:Barcelona-based Seqera Labs, which provides data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences, has raised a €22M Series A led by Lee Fixel’s Addition  —  Providing critical support in the fight against Covid-19, data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences startup …

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: The Ring Nebula

The Ring Nebula (M57) was first discovered in the winter of 1779. But by whom? Some claim it was French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, while others insist it was Charles Messier. However, most historians now seem to agree it was indeed Messier who found it first. The Ring Nebula […]

Speed Read, October 23, 2022

From a Cyberpunk-inspired Honda scooter, to a mind boggling Yamaha R1 café racer, we’ve got a little something for everyone this week. In other news: a Yamaha RZ350 goes on auction, a documentary about the late Jessi Combs launches, and a couple of bike nerds unbox a 40-year-old Yamaha for […]