MIT Technology Review is reporting on Silvis Materials, a company developing fully biodegradable cellulose adhesives to replace petroleum-based glues. It said these traditional adhesives prevent otherwise recyclable containers from being recycled and are used widely in construction and furniture. Patty Ferreira, CEO and cofounder of Silvis Materials, stated the company's formula can create adhesives from various plant celluloses. The publication noted the MIT Startup Exchange is assisting Silvis in testing its product with packaging and construction firms. Ferreira anticipates the new adhesive will reduce production emissions by up to 80% and use half the energy of fossil-based glues.
The publication also highlighted several other popular stories. It reported a fundamental flaw leaves large language models vulnerable to attacks, making it easy to trick them into inappropriate actions, such as providing instructions for sabotaging aircraft navigation systems. MIT Technology Review said Anthropic discovered a hidden space where its Claude LLM processes concepts, using a new technique to delve into the model's internal workings.
Separately, it reported a European fertility group recommends limits on sperm donors, citing instances where donor-conceived individuals have found hundreds of siblings. The publication also noted that artificial intelligence is more prone than humans to form biases in hiring, learning stereotypes from training data and even generating new ones.
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