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Changes to driving licenses backed by the British could mean motorists will no longer be allowed to carry passengers

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One of the UK’s largest motoring organizations has voiced its support for changes to driving licences. These new rules impact younger drivers. The AA is advocating the introduction of a graduated driving licence (GDL) to improve road safety by imposing strict restrictions on people who have recently passed their driving test. One of the GDL’s … Read more

EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142 million for protein-generating AI | TechCrunch

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Southeast Asia from space at night with city lights showing Southeast Asian cities in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, 3d rendering of planet Earth, elements from NASA

A relatively new startup called EvolutionaryScale has secured a huge amount of funding to build AI models that can generate new proteins for scientific research. EvolutionaryScale said Tuesday it has raised $142 million in a seed round led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross and Lux ​​Capital, with participation from Amazon and NVentures, Nvidia’s … Read more