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| ETH Zurich and EPFL enhance collaboration to boost AI in Switzerland |
ETH Zurich and EPFL are intensifying their collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI). They have founded the Swiss National AI Institute with the aim of addressing challenges in AI by leveraging their broad scientific expertise. Funding for the related research programmes has been secured.
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Large Language Models feel the direction of time
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Researchers have found that AI large language models, like GPT-4, are better at predicting what comes next than what came before in a sentence. This “Arrow of Time” effect could reshape our understanding of the structure of natural language, and the way these models understand it.
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Biological evaluation of water bodies in a time of climate change
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Aquatic invertebrates are used as bioindicators to evaluate the quality of Swiss watercourses. However, climate change is also leading to changes in the species composition of these organisms. Eawag has now investigated the impacts of increasing temperatures on water body evaluations on behalf of the FOEN.
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| "Forests are complex systems" |
Remote sensing specialist Petra D’Odorico likes to fly drones. Not as a hobby, but rather to record high-resolution multispectral and thermal images, which can be used to create an early warning system to detect drought stress in forests before it becomes apparent.
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Alps supercomputer inaugurated
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On 14 September, ETH Zurich officially inaugurated the new "Alps" supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano. The celebrations in Lugano were attended by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and well-known personalities from the worlds of science and politics.
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Stardust in the bathroom
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Widespread skin diseases such as psoriasis or neurodermatitis are difficult to treat. Together with an industrial partner, Empa researchers have found an innovative solution: Nanoceramic "stars" create tiny skin lesions and allow therapeutic molecules to reach their site of action.
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