Decentralization Nov 9, 2026

Will Big Tech +Doomers Succeed at Regulatory Capture of AGI?

How the AI Safety Debate Could Deliver the short-term Future to Big Tech rather than the long-term future to Humanity

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01 AI Nov 9, 2026

Anthropic thinks its AI might be conscious, and not everyone agrees

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02 Opinion Nov 10, 2026

Future tsunamis: Cosmists and Terrans, revisited

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03 AI Nov 10, 2026

AI film helps a grandson honour the pilot grandfather he never met

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At CoRL, NVIDIA and partners show how robots rehearse delicate work in simulation

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Biomedical Nov 9, 2026

Engineered immune cells wipe out deadly childhood brain tumors in mice

A new CAR-T cell therapy that switches on only inside the brain eliminated diffuse midline glioma in every mouse tested, and human trials are being planned.
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AI Nov 8, 2026

Classroom AI Feels More Present, but Engagement Gains Remain Unproven

A 36-student study found stronger perceived presence as teaching agents evolved, without a statistically significant rise in learning engagement.
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AI Nov 8, 2026

AutoDNA Runs 11,000 Laboratory Steps With AI Agents

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AI Nov 8, 2026

AI Learns Thousands of Word Forms by Replaying Children’s Everyday Speech

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AI-Newton Rediscovers Gravity and Energy Conservation From Data

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A tale of two sceptics

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Space

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Perseverance rover breaks off-world driving record by steering itself across Mars

Nov 3, 2026

New AI assistant could help plan safer landing sites on the moon

New simulation recreates the first two billion years of the universe

Robotics

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MIT Scientists Build Soft Robotic Heart Model to Study Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Risk

Nov 7, 2026

Self-driving laboratory pairs robots with AI to find heat-resistant coatings

MIT Develops Paper-Thin Swimming Robot Powered by Living Muscle Cells

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AI Nov 10, 2026

AI agents now write and test robot code in virtual worlds

Space Nov 10, 2026

Caltech robot builds a structure in space for the first time

AI Nov 9, 2026

Long-standing conjecture on the limits of quantum speedups is proven

AI Nov 9, 2026

How Anthropic gives Claude a memory that lasts between sessions

Quantum Physics/Mechanics Nov 9, 2026

Physicists reach the quantum space-time limit for tracking electrons

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Mindbytes Nov 7, 2026

OpenAI Reportedly Secures $11 Billion Toward New Funding Round at $1.25 Trillion Valuation

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