Friday, November 15, 2024

New Global Policies to Cut Plastic Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2050

A study from UC Santa Barbara and Berkeley suggests four key policies that could reduce global plastic waste mismanagement by 91 percent and cut related emissions by 30 percent by 2050. The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on plastic packaging. The...

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Hugging Face Introduces Compact Versions of SmolVLM Vision Language Model That Can Run on Consumer Laptops

Hugging Face introduced two new variants to its SmolVLM vision language models last week. The new artificial intelligence (AI) models are av...