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Patents, Pollution, and Pot Air Pollution

Patents, Pollution, and Pot

In recent years, new research has significantly increased my belief that air pollution has substantial negative effects on productivity, IQ and health (see previous posts). Research in the field is exploding which means that there must also be more false positives. Consider two recent papers. The first, The Real Effect…
bubmag
January 30, 2020
Apple has reportedly stopped the work on Pentagon Project Maven that newly Acquired XNOR.ai was involved with Project Maven

Apple has reportedly stopped the work on Pentagon Project Maven that newly Acquired XNOR.ai was involved with

Earlier this month Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple Acquires a Company that Forbes described as one the most Promising Artificial Intelligence companies in America." XNOR.ai was apparently working on the Pentagon's Project Maven which is an artificial intelligence (AI) project that studies imagery that could eventually be used…
bubmag
January 30, 2020
‘The math doesn’t make sense’: Why venture capital firms are wary of defense-focused investments Project Maven

‘The math doesn’t make sense’: Why venture capital firms are wary of defense-focused investments

WASHINGTON — In American’s technology marketplace, venture capital funds are crucial for pumping capital into small companies in need of cash infusions to keep operating. Part of the venture capital model is acknowledging that many of those businesses will fail, but if a few are successful, venture capitalists can make…
bubmag
January 30, 2020