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Legally or not, the US government is controlling global access to the world’s most powerful AI
Article Jul 24, 2026

Legally or not, the US government is controlling global access to the world’s most powerful AI

Can the U.S. government act as a gatekeeper to AI models? And did it do so lawfully in the Anthropic instance?
Republished from The Conversation 5 min read
Transformers Already Know How to Learn
Community Sep 15, 2025

Transformers Already Know How to Learn

Transformers learn in context, not through retraining. New research proves they are universal learners, capable of adapting to any task directly from examples, masked or unmasked.

Atnatewos Hailealem 4 min read
Optical AI Screens 15 Videos for Deepfakes
Mindbytes Oct 2, 2026

Optical AI Screens 15 Videos for Deepfakes

Deepfake detection turns to light: a hybrid optical system screened 15 videos simultaneously with 97.79% accuracy in laboratory tests, raising prospects for less costly synthetic media screening.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
Invisible at the Crossroads: How Autonomous Tech Still Fails to See Us
Article Jul 1, 2025

Invisible at the Crossroads: How Autonomous Tech Still Fails to See Us

As AI enters roads, prisons, and war zones, safety is threatened! Darshana Patel highlights how invisible codes can marginalize visible lives, and why oversight can’t wait.

Darshana Patel 6 min read
The Future of Mathematical Discovery: Code, Creativity, and the Rise of AI
Community May 15, 2025

The Future of Mathematical Discovery: Code, Creativity, and the Rise of AI

A new AI approach isn’t just solving math problems—it’s writing programs that discover new theorems, reshaping how we think about creativity in science.

Yohannes Taye 5 min read
America’s optimistic moment and its fragile future
Article Sep 9, 2026

America’s optimistic moment and its fragile future

The energetic push toward big sci/tech projects in the U.S may be something like the sudden burst of energy sometimes seen in people who are about to die.
Giulio Prisco 7 min read
A searchable map of every one-letter change in human DNA
News Sep 9, 2026

A searchable map of every one-letter change in human DNA

Google DeepMind has precomputed predicted effects for all nine billion possible single-letter DNA changes and released a simple score so researchers can look them up.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Small AI models months away from self-replicating on IoT devices
News Oct 16, 2026

Small AI models months away from self-replicating on IoT devices

Anthropic researchers demonstrate that compact AI models can soon self-replicate across everyday internet-connected devices like smart TVs and ovens. Their experiments show how autonomous replication works, why it would be hard to stop, and when to expect this threat to become real.
Giulio Prisco 2 min read
A complete map of the male fruit fly brain and nerve cord
News Sep 8, 2026

A complete map of the male fruit fly brain and nerve cord

Researchers used artificial intelligence to reconstruct more than 166,000 neurons and 125 million connections, opening a new way to study sex differences and behavior.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
New AI Methods Separate Biological Signals From Laboratory Bias
Mindbytes Oct 15, 2026

New AI Methods Separate Biological Signals From Laboratory Bias

Researchers tackle batch effects, the technical differences that can distort biological datasets, with two approaches designed for labeled and unlabeled cell data.
gizmo guru 1 min read