AI Oct 21, 2026

Tech giants are putting AI data centers in orbit

Google and SpaceX recently launched the first experimental satellite equipped with AI chips, testing whether orbital data centers could solve Earth's energy constraints. The project promises abundant solar power and reduced environmental impact, but faces significant technical hurdles including cooling, radiation, and data transmission.

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Neuroscience Oct 21, 2026

Scientists Identify Brain Circuit That Awakens Mothers When Their Babies Cry

Neuroscientists identify a specialized brain circuit in mice that detects offspring cries during sleep, revealing how motherhood changes neural responses to sound.
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AGI Oct 20, 2026

The Scope of Potential “Basic Drives” for Superintelligences is Likely Quite Broad

Superintelligence may take more forms than savior or destroyer. Ben Goertzel explores six alternative AI minds, arguing that what they pursue and protect could determine what they become.
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Basic AI Drives Part 2: Which Minds Will Emerge Beneficial “Basic AI Drives” as they Become Superintelligent?

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AI Oct 20, 2026

AI designs more efficient quantum circuits, bringing practical quantum computing closer

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Google Research brings AI agents to the wet lab for autonomous molecular discovery

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Fractional Fermi seas: a new exotic phase of quantum matter

Physicists have discovered a new critical quantum phase called the fractional Fermi sea, created by driving ultracold cesium atoms far out of equilibrium through cyclic changes in their interactions. This highly ordered non-equilibrium state defies established theories and opens new pathways for quantum simulation.
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South African researchers create light-powered brain for faster communications

Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand have developed an optical system that can recognise hidden information in complex light patterns without needing detailed images or extensive computer processing, potentially enabling faster future communications and quantum technologies.

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Mini brain organoids learn to read Braille in step toward biohybrid computing

AI agents spontaneously develop their own language to share complex sensory data

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Google tests orbital AI data centers with first satellite launch

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to IceCube founder Francis Halzen for opening neutrino astronomy

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Travis Kalanick’s ATOMS Raises $1.7 Billion to Expand Automated Food Infrastructure

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SoftBank Robotics and SJ Integrated Solutions Build AI Platform for Smarter Buildings

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AI Oct 21, 2026

Meta announces Prometheus, a gigawatt-scale AI supercluster with nearly one million GPUs

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Stranded on a virtual island, Claude learned to play - and it made the AI smarter

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Google DeepMind's AI agents beat Minecraft from scratch in 27 hours

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