Weekly Digest: How Google is Changing AI and more

About this episode

This episode covers the latest science news including advancements in AI by Google and new theories in physics.

This is our weekly, ad-free compilation of science news. 00:00 - How Google is Changing AI 5:42 - Space & Time Are Quasicrystals, Physicists Claim 11:12 - Breakthrough in Zero Friction Materials 16:34 - These Physicists Say They Found The Origin Of Reality

People in this episode

Host: Sabine Hossenfelder

Topics covered

• AI
• Physics
• Materials Science
• Reality
• Space
• Time

Keywords

• Google
• AI
• Physics
• Quasicrystals
• Zero Friction Materials
• Origin of Reality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Physicists, Zero Friction Materials, Reality

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