Meta used AI to make faster-curing, lower-carbon concrete

Using AI as a companion to browse the web or generate lifelike images and videos are a few of the features some people are starting to take for granted. Lately, I almost always search the web with AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini in tow. I even use AI chatbots for information when watching certain shows or visiting museums.

But AI can do so much more than providing relatively reliable assistance (remember, AI can make mistakes); it can actually help make breakthrough discoveries.

We have seen plenty of examples over the past few months. Some researchers used AI to find a potential cure for blindness. Others used AI to develop rare-earth-free magnets that might be used in electric cars in the future.

The latest innovation in which AI played a major role concerns concrete. An AI model helped researchers create recipes for lower-carbon, faster-curing concrete, and they’ve actually started using it in a real-life project.

The best part is that the breakthrough doesn’t come from a construction company or a university studying, though such groups were also involved. It’s Meta, the giant social media company which is speeding towards AI superintelligence and throwing mountains of cash at AI researchers, that made the faster-curing, more eco-friendly concrete.

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