In the News
Grok 3 appears to be driving Grok usage to new heights
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, released Grok 3, its long-awaited flagship AI model, last week. Grok 3 powers the Grok chatbot apps for mobile and the web, as well as the Grok experience on the Musk-owned social network X.
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In The News
Apple Vows to Build A.I. Servers in Houston and Spend $500 Billion in U.S.
The company pledged the multibillion-dollar investment over the next four years and said it would create 20,000 jobs. The Texas facility is set to open in 2026.
Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI
The star has urged for a shift away from plans where artists must opt out of a system allowing AI free use of any online work
DeepSeek to open-source AGI research amid privacy concerns
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup aiming for artificial general intelligence, announced plans to open-source five repositories starting next week as part of its commitment to transparency and community-driven innovation.
Applied use cases
OpenAI Researchers : Even the Best AI Is "Unable To Solve the Majority" of Coding Problems
OpenAI researchers have admitted that even the most advanced AI models still are no match for human coders — even though CEO Sam Altman insists they will be able to beat "low-level" software engineers by the end of this year.
Study reveals how topology drives complexity in brain, climate, and AI
Researchers have unveiled a transformative framework for understanding complex systems. This pioneering study establishes the new field of higher-order topological dynamics, revealing how the hidden geometry of networks shapes everything from brain activity to the climate and artificial intelligence (AI).
Swiss researchers use AI to monitor railway bridge stability
Researchers in Zurich say they can now verify the statics of railway bridges using a new, specially developed artificial intelligence (AI) model.
Ethics
Overview of AI policy in 15 jurisdictions
These approaches illustrate a global shift towards embracing AI’s transformative potential while considering the ethical and societal implications, fostering international cooperation to future-proof technological advancements.
UK delays plans to regulate AI as ministers seek to align with Trump administration
Ministers have delayed plans to regulate artificial intelligence as the UK government seeks to align itself with Donald Trump’s administration on the technology, the Guardian has learned.
Dutch software firm Bird to leave Europe due to onerous regulations in AI era, says CEO
Cloud communications software firm Bird, one of the Netherlands' most prominent tech startups, plans to move most of its operations out of Europe, its CEO said, citing restrictive regulations and difficulties hiring skilled technology workers.
Robotics
Scientists develop ‘superhuman’ robotic vision system
Scientists develop ‘superhuman’ robotic vision system; South Korea targets 10,000 GPUs; Honda-Nissan merger officially off.
Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model.
Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots
Ad hoc mobility extensions and end-effectors suggest potential for search and exploration. Emergent, model-free embodiment and microenvironment shaping—including development and repair—bridge robotics with nature.
Research
Scientists Tested AI For Cognitive Decline. The Results Were a Shock.
It's barely been two years since OpenAI's ChatGPT was released for public use, inviting anyone on the internet to collaborate with an artificial mind on anything from poetry to school assignments to letters to their landlord.
The Role of Perceived Trust in Embracing Artificial Intelligence Technologies: Insights from SMEs
This study seeks to address this gap by investigating AI acceptance in Jordanian SMEs. Considering Jordan’s cultural environment of high uncertainty avoidance, the research focuses on the role of perceived trust on AI adoption.
Data-centric Artificial Intelligence: A Survey
In this survey, we discuss the necessity of data-centric AI, followed by a holistic view of three general data-centric goals (training data development, inference data development, and data maintenance) and the representative methods.
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