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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiducia_supplicans Fiducia supplicans  ("Supplicating Trust") [1]  is a 2023 declaration on  Catholic doctrine  that allows  Catholic priests  to  bless  couples who are not considered to be  married according to church teaching , including  same-sex couples . [2] [3]  Subtitled "On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings", the document is dated 18 December 2023 and was released on the same day.  Fiducia supplicans  was issued by the  Holy See 's  Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith  (DDF) and approved with a signature by  Pope Francis . [4] [5]  It was the first declaration issued by the DDF since  Dominus Iesus  in 2000. [6] Fiducia supplicans  has been widely interpreted. [7]  Francis advised that the Holy See's bureaucrats should avoid "rigid ideological positions" three days after the document was issued. [8]  Prefect of the DDF  Víctor...

Graphene, AI and the brain: an extraordinary journey into human consciousness https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/graphene/2022/06/graphene-ai-and-the-brain-an-extraordinary-journey-into-human-consciousness/ A world-leading Manchester nanoscientist says we are about to embark on a fantastic journey into the brain – and predicts a breakthrough “decoder” that could help us better understand human pathology, perception, capacity and consciousness. Kostas Kostarelos, Professor of Nanomedicine at The University of Manchester, says a combination of divergent technologies, including advanced materials like graphene, plus AI and advanced computing, are providing new and powerful tools for exploration of the cerebral space and function. With such technology only now, and for the first time, will neuroscientists be able to observe brainwaves at the lowest end of the spectrum (infraslow) with the greatest precision ever achieved by using ultra-sensitive graphene-enhanced sensors. Graphene-enhanc...

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https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/july/ai-crispr-gene-expression.html Deep learning model predicts activity of RNA-targeting CRISPRs illustration of brain for artificial intelligence and levels of gene expression Artificial intelligence can predict on- and off-target activity of CRISPR tools that target RNA instead of DNA, according to new research published in Nature Biotechnology. The study by researchers at New York University, Columbia University, and the New York Genome Center, combines a deep learning model with CRISPR screens to control the expression of human genes in different ways—such as flicking a light switch to shut them off completely or by using a dimmer knob to partially turn down their activity. These precise gene controls could be used to develop new CRISPR-based therapies. CRISPR is a gene editing technology with many uses in biomedicine and beyond, from treating sickle cell anemia to engineering tastier mustard greens. It often works by targetin...

How AI played an instrumental role in making mRNA vaccines AI was key to making Moderna's COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years. https://bigthink.com/health/ai-mrna-vaccines-moderna/ Years before Moderna created a highly effective mRNA vaccine against COVID, the company put into place AI systems to accelerate the research process.  These systems allowed the company to ready its vaccine for human trials in just 42 days. AI machine learning models are set to further accelerate the research process, putting mRNA medicine into overdrive to the benefit of all. For most of history, artificial intelligence (AI) has been relegated almost entirely to the realm of science fiction. Then, in late 2022, it burst into reality — seemingly out of nowhere — with the popular launch of ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot that solves tricky problems, designs rockets, has deep conversations with users, and even aces the Bar exam. But the truth is that be...

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio/ai-and-the-covid-19-vaccine-modernas-dave-johnson/ In this bonus episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, our hosts learn how Moderna used artificial intelligence to speed up development of the vaccine and how the technology has helped to automate other key systems and processes to build efficiencies across the organization. Dave also describes Moderna’s digital-first culture and offers insights around collaboration that can be applied across industries. Dave Johnson: That’s a great point. The whole COVID vaccine development, we’re immensely proud of the work that we’ve done there, and we’re immensely proud of the superhuman effort that our people went through to bring it to market so quickly. But a lot of it was built on just what you said: this infrastructure that we had put in place where we didn’t build algorithms specifically for COVID; we just put them through the same pipeline of activity that we’ve been doing. We just turned it as fast as we ...