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Fundamental Technologies

• AI venture Fundamental secures $1.2bn valuation and Amazon deaa,l Financial Times, link
• Fundamental raises $255M Series A with a new take on big data analysis, Tech Crunch, link
• Beyond the lakehouse: Fundamental’s NEXUS bypasses manual ETL with a native foundation model for tabular data, Venturebeat, link

LoRA-Guard

• Samsung Researchers Introduce LoRA-Guard: A Parameter-Efficient Guardrail Adaptation Method that Relies on Knowledge Sharing between LLMs and Guardrail Models, link

Test, Trace, Isolate

• Test and trace system will start on Thursday, BBC, 27 May 2020, link.

• Local coronavirus lockdowns aim to stamp out infection, The Times, 28 May 2020, link.

• Covid-19: Test and trace programmes are important but no silver bullet, say scientists, British Medical Journal, 28 May 2020, link

• UK coronavirus tracing programme to launch on Thursday, Financial Times, 27 May 2020, link,

• Royal Society data group backs ‘test, trace and isolate’ plans, Research Professional News, link

• Covid-19 news: Boris Johnson admits UK was unprepared for pandemic, New Scientist Online, link

• NHS launches test-and-trace system, Financial Times (print edition), 28 May 2020.

• How will the new coronavirus test-and-trace system work?, The Independent, 27 May 2020, link.

• Risk assessment: how the new system will affect us, The Independent (App Edition), 28 May 2020.

• UK’S coronavirus test and trace system won’t be ‘really ready’ for months, The Times, 27 May 2020, link.

• Test, trace and isolate is crucial but no silver bullet, experts say, Evening Standard, 27 May 2020, link.

• BBC World Service Newshour (radio), interview with Anne Johnson from 14.50, (no link).

• BBC News at One, 13:00:07 - 13:05:04 on 27 May 2020, (no link).

• Government unveils Covid-19 test-and-trace strategy for England, The Guardian, 27 May 2020, link.