Donald Trump’s second term as US President is shaping up to be different from his first, with the appointment of three key science-advisory positions. Michael Kratsios, a tech expert, has been nominated to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and serve as the President’s science adviser. David Sacks, a tech…
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OpenAI, a leading AI research company, is reportedly close to releasing its highly anticipated AI agent tool, Operator. This tool is said to be capable of autonomously handling tasks such as writing code, booking travel, and even controlling a user’s PC. According to a software engineer who claims to have uncovered evidence of the tool,…
OpenAI’s latest experimental chatbot model, o3, has achieved a high score on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus for Artificial General Intelligence (ARC-AGI) test, marking progress towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). The test, created by AI researcher François Chollet, assesses a system’s ability to reason and generalize. While the achievement is significant, experts caution that it’s…
Physicists at the University of Nottingham have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of magnetism by imaging altermagnets in detail for the first time. The team used a technique developed at the MAX IV international synchrotron facility in Sweden to map the magnetic domains in manganese telluride (MnTe) down to the nanoscale level. This…
Mira Network, a decentralized AI infrastructure provider, has launched its testnet alongside a next-generation suite of APIs, marking a significant milestone in securing the safety and efficiency of on-chain autonomous AI-driven transactions. The launch enables developers and enterprises to experience Mira’s cutting-edge APIs, designed to deliver increased reliability and affordability in artificial intelligence outputs. Mira’s…
An international team of researchers has made a groundbreaking discovery in brain analysis, developing new techniques that consider interactions between three or more regions of the brain. This breakthrough could lead to a deeper understanding of human brain activity and potentially aid in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. The team’s approach combines topological…
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding how the brain avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’ – the distortion and overwriting of previously established memories when new ones are created. Research has shown that the brain processes new and old memories in separate phases of sleep, which might prevent mixing between the two. This finding, published in…
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has released an “open” AI model, DeepSeek V3, which has been found to misidentify itself as ChatGPT, a rival AI-powered chatbot platform. The model’s training data distribution has been questioned, with some speculating that it may have been trained on outputs from rival AI systems, potentially leading to hallucinations and…
Google’s Gemini AI is being compared to Anthropic’s Claude in secret testing, with contractors evaluating the accuracy of both models’ outputs. The contractors are tasked with rating the truthfulness and verbosity of each response, with some noticing that Claude’s safety settings are stricter than Gemini’s. The use of Claude in testing against Gemini raises questions…
Labiotech has curated a list of biotech movies that explore the intersection of science, technology, and humanity. From eugenics to genetic engineering, these films delve into the possibilities and consequences of emerging biotech trends. As the biotech industry continues to advance, these movies serve as a thought-provoking reflection on the potential implications of our actions….
