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28.01.26 - 16:03
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Heritable Agriculture Secures $5M Grant for AI-Driven Crop Resilience in Africa (Business Wire)
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AI and “Omics” Power New Gates Foundation-funded Initiative to Develop Climate-Resilient Crops for Smallholder Farmers Globally.SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heritable Agriculture Inc., a leader in AI-driven crop improvement spun out of Google X, announced today that it has received a $4.98M grant from the Gates Foundation. The funding will support the development of the "Joint AI-driven Smallholder Omics aNalytics" (JASON) project, focused on leveraging artificial intelligence and multiple “omics” technologies to create climate-resilient crops for smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The project's purpose is to develop AI-based tools that identify gene targets and climate-adapted germplasm to improve crop resilience against challenging conditions such as drought and heat. This initiative is a critical step in advancing the foundation's strategic goal of using digital innovation to reduce climate-related yield loss in smallholder agriculture.
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28.01.26 - 15:18
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YouTube criticised after pulling out of UK TV audience ratings (The Guardian)
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Owner Google moves to block Barb data access months after allowing 200 channels to be monitoredYouTube has been criticised by the TV and advertising industry after suspending its participation in a key measurement system that compares viewership on the social media site with other streamers such as Netflix and TV broadcasters.YouTube owner Google has sent “cease and desist” letters to Barb, which publishes audience figures that are used as the UK industry standard, and Kantar Media, its research partner in the service. Continue reading......
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28.01.26 - 13:48
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UK media groups should be allowed opt out of Google AI Overviews, CMA says (The Guardian)
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News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summariesWeb publishers and news organisations could be given the power to stop Google scraping their content for its AI Overviews, under measures announced by the UK competition watchdog to loosen its grip on online search.Media organisations have experienced a drop in click-through traffic to their websites – and therefore their revenue – since Google started posting AI summaries at the top of search results, which many people read without clicking through to the original journalism. Continue reading......
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