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The Real Majorana Case Is Not His Disappearance: It Is Antimatter
For many people, Ettore Majorana remains the Italian physicist who disappeared in 1938. For contemporary physics, however, the real “Majorana case” concerns a 1937 paper that still guides research today on the neutrino, antimatter, and the possibility that matter may not be, in an absolute sense, “forever”. We discuss this with Francesco Vissani, research director at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics and creator of the Asimov Prize for scientific communication in upper secondary schools. By Andrea Monti – Originally published in MIT Technology Review Italia. Continue reading “The Real Majorana Case Is Not His Disappearance: It Is Antimatter”
Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo
These new cases do not herald a pandemic, but they do raise a question that remained unresolved after 2020: to what extent can the protection of personal data and public health coexist? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo”
Does China really need US chips for its AI?
The US has given the green light for the sale of Nvidia chips to 10 Chinese companies. But Beijing is holding back for both geopolitical and strategic reasons: it already has its own path to AI development that does not necessarily rely on computing power by Andrea Monti and Arcangelo Rociola – Originally published in Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Why Beijing Is Banning Manus AI Founders From Leaving the Country
Meta wants to acquire the Chinese startup Manus AI; Beijing responds by barring the founders from leaving China. It is not just control over technology but control over individuals that represents the new frontier of strategic knowledge dominance. A reflection by Andrea Monti, professor of digital identity, privacy, and cybersecurity at Sapienza University of Rome – Originally published on Formiche.net Continue reading “Why Beijing Is Banning Manus AI Founders From Leaving the Country”
The Anthropic project that will give Big Tech (and the US) unprecedented power
Claude Mythos promises to revolutionise software security, but it increases the concentration of technological, economic and strategic power in the hands of Big Tech by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech-La Repubblica Continue reading “The Anthropic project that will give Big Tech (and the US) unprecedented power”