Israel Makes Up 8% Of Teva’s Global Production

Israel Makes Up 8% Of Teva’s Global Production

InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Teva is focused on ensuring the safety of its employees and doesn’t expect the war to have a “meaningful impact” on its business. AFP via Getty Images More than 2,250 people have been killed since the Palestinian militant group …

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This AI algorithm could save lives in quake zones

This AI algorithm could save lives in quake zones

Faruk Tokluoğlu/Pexels Powerful earthquakes in urban areas can cause a shocking amount of devastation, with lives lost and buildings destroyed. Indeed, more than 60,000 people have already died in such events in this year alone. Ever since scientists discovered what causes these awful catastrophes, they’ve also been trying to predict them in a bid to …

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Tom Hanks warns of AI-generated ad using his likeness

Tom Hanks warns of AI-generated ad using his likeness

Tom Hanks has warned his fans not to be fooled by a video ad circulating online that appears to show him endorsing a dental plan. The ad has apparently been created using an artificial intelligence-powered tool that’s able to mimic his voice and closely match his lip movements to his spoken words. The Hollywood star …

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Ex-Apple design chief discussing AI hardware with OpenAI

Ex-Apple design chief discussing AI hardware with OpenAI

Apple’s former design guru Jony Ive is reported to be in talks with prominent AI startup OpenAI to create what’s being dubbed as “the iPhone of artificial intelligence.” And if you think that sounds like pie in the sky, then take note: The project could be bankrolled to the tune of $1 billion by Japanese …

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Writers strike ends after agreement on AI and other issues

Writers strike ends after agreement on AI and other issues

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has called off its strike after five months during which a slew of popular shows were taken off air. The WGA said it had reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA), and voted unanimously to …

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Procyon Photonics — High School Start Up Aiming To Change Computing

Procyon Photonics — High School Start Up Aiming To Change Computing

Rendering of Procyon’s Tachyon optical matrix processing unit chip. Procyon Photonics Founded in 2021, Virginia-based Procyon Photonics is a startup aiming to change the future of computing hardware with its focus on optical computing. What makes the company unique is that their entire team consists of current high school students, and its co-founder, CEO, and …

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Spotify using AI to clone and translate podcasters’ voices

Spotify using AI to clone and translate podcasters’ voices

Spotify has unveiled a remarkable new feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that translates a podcast into multiple languages using the same voices of those in the show. It’s been made possible partly by OpenAI’s just-released voice generation technology that needs only a few seconds of listening to replicate a voice. Spotify said the feature …

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No more GPUs? Here’s what Nvidia’s DLSS 10 could look like

No more GPUs? Here’s what Nvidia’s DLSS 10 could look like

Nvidia The latest version of Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is already a major selling point for some of its best graphics cards, but Nvidia has much bigger plans. According to Bryan Catanzaro, Nvidia’s vice president of Applied Deep Learning Research, Nvidia imagines that DLSS 10 would have full neural rendering, bypassing the need …

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Making The Pharma Supply Chain More Resilient

Making The Pharma Supply Chain More Resilient

InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Forbes 2023 Sustainability Summit Akira Ruiz for Forbes Christina Smolke is brewing the key ingredients that go into medicines by the vatful. These vats hold 120,000 liters (roughly 31,700 gallons). During five days of fermentation, “the yeast are producing …

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