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What a volcano sceptic can teach us about AI scepticism

Whose memory does the law protect: the individual’s, or the public’s?

Hours after OpenAI announced it had overturned the exponential time hypothesis, rival Anthropic revealed its own model had reached the same result on the same day, by a different route and with a very different rollout.

Some evocative if very simplistic toy-simulation results exploring dynamics of goal-sets under self-modification and intelligence increase.

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.

Researchers at The Rockefeller University have rebuilt a three-photon microscope from the ground up, allowing them to watch the activity of individual neurons up to about 2.1 millimeters deep in the brains of living mice, without surgically removing the tissue above. The new platform, called TrUDI, opens deep brain regions such as the hippocampus and striatum to optical imaging while staying within safe heating limits.

More than 10,000 complaints expose mounting frustration with UK banks blocking cryptocurrency transfers, raising questions about Britain's ambition to become a global crypto hub.

Moonshot AI has introduced Kimi K3.1 Pro, a large language model with a one-million-token context window and open-weight release planned for November 4, 2026. The model demonstrates competitive performance in coding, 3D modeling, and financial analysis, while incorporating new safety measures for cybersecurity capabilities.

When complex landscapes break traditional math, CMA-ES deploys an intelligent, shape-shifting search cloud that mimics evolution to conquer chaotic, blindfolded optimization challenges without using derivatives.

Pinpointing disease-causing genes among harmless neighbors is tough. SuSiE-RSS cuts through genetic noise, delivering individual-level fine-mapping accuracy using only publicly shared summary statistics.