From Psychedelic Treatments to AI Game Makers: Today in Materials, Medicine, and Tech

#Materials x Life

Ignored Risks of Drug Shortages Hiding in Plain Sight Threaten US’s Pharma Supply Chains

• https://enthereal.com/ignored-risks-of-drug-shortages-hiding-in-plain-sight-threaten-uss-pharma-supply-chains/

EU launches landmark €6.5M study on use of psychedelics to treat mental disorders

• https://sciencebusiness.net/news/drug-development/eu-launches-landmark-eu65m-study-use-psychedelics-treat-mental-disorders

Just 1 Dose of New Antibiotic Class Eliminates Resistant Blood Infections in Mice

• https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317274121

Food is medicine: clinical trials show the health benefits of dietary interventions

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02891-1

#Materials

Small, quiet air compressor you can make puts 3D-printed parts to appropriate use

• https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/small-quiet-air-compressor-puts-3d-printed-parts-to-best-use/

#DatAI

Meta releases OpenEQA, to “facilitate open research into helping AI agents understand and communicate about the world it sees, an essential component for artificial general intelligence.”

• https://ai.meta.com/blog/openeqa-embodied-question-answering-robotics-ar-glasses

Create an Agent with OpenAI Function Calling Capabilities

• https://towardsdatascience.com/create-an-agent-with-openai-function-calling-capabilities-ad52122c3d12

Buildbox 4 launches with no-code AI game creation engine

• https://venturebeat.com/game-development/buildbox-4-launches-with-no-code-ai-game-creation-engine

To understand the risks of AI, follow the money

• https://theconversation.com/to-understand-the-risks-posed-by-ai-follow-the-money-225872

CFPB and EU Eye Consumer Risks of BNPL, AI and Digital Payments

• https://www.pymnts.com/news/cfpb/2024/cfpb-and-european-commission-discuss-bnpl-digital-payments-ai/

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