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The Fetishism of AI – Monthly Review
Books by John Bellamy Foster Breaking the Bonds of Fate by John Bellamy Foster Unequal Exchange by Arghiri Emmanuel Notes by Charles Bettelheim Foreword by Torkil Lauesen Introduction by John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark Albert Einstein’s “Why Socialism?" by Albert Einstein Edited by John Bellamy Foster The Dialectics of Ecology by John Bellamy Foster
Finding ‘hidden sperm’: New technique offers hope to men previously told they were infertile
Getty Images A new AI-powered technology is locating sperm cells in men who were told they had none – and giving couples who have been trying for years another chance at having children. It was early November 2025 when Penelope received a call whilst driving home from work in New Jersey in the US. It
AlphaGo creator raises $1.1B for reinforcement learning AI startup | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub
Professor David Silver, the computer scientist behind AlphaGo, has raised $1.1 billion in seed funding for his new venture, Ineffable Intelligence, in what ranks as one of the largest seed rounds in European history. The company, which Silver founded after more than a decade at Google DeepMind, is focused on building AI systems that learn
Computational Drug Repurposing in the Era of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence
Drug repurposing — the identification of new therapeutic indications for approved drugs or clinical-stage candidates — offers one of the most efficient strategies to deliver new treatments to patients. By leveraging existing safety, pharmacokinetic, and manufacturing data, repurposing can dramatically reduce development timelines and costs compared with traditional de novo drug discovery. In the current
PIRELLI AND UNIVRSES SIGNED A PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE CYBER TYRE™ TECHNOLOGY BY INTEGRATING THE SWEDISH COMPANY’S AI‑BASED COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS
Under the agreement, Pirelli acquires a 30% stake in Univrses (with the option to reach a majority stake) to strengthen solutions for road network monitoring as well as for autonomous driving In 2025, Pirelli yet launched a road monitoring project in Puglia using Cyber Tyre plus Univrses technology Milan/Stockholm, 29 April 2026 – Pirelli
Nvidia VP Says AI Costs ‘Far’ More Than Human Employees
Key Takeaways Nvidia vice president Bryan Catanzaro says that for his team, AI compute now costs more than the employees using it, making AI more expensive than human labor. A 2024 MIT study finds AI automation is economically viable in only about 23% of jobs, with humans still cheaper in the remaining 77%. Despite unclear
SAS Survey Finds Industry Leaders Intrigued About Quantum AI, But Remain Uncertain About Real-World Uses
Insider Brief A SAS survey of more than 500 global leaders found that uncertainty about real-world applications is now the top barrier to quantum AI adoption, surpassing cost. Organizations remain interested in quantum AI but face challenges including high implementation costs, limited expertise, unclear regulations, and a lack of available solutions. SAS plans to address
How ARC’s Taxonomy and Market Maps Drive Rapid Time to Industrial AI Value
Over the course of this Voyage of Discovery, we have systematically deconstructed the noise of the "AI Wars," dismantling generic marketing claims to build the comprehensive ARC 3-Axis Industrial AI Models Taxonomy. We have traced the escalating physical risks along the Application Domain axis, examined the sophisticated algorithmic weaponry required on the Model Class axis








