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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet
Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public.
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Anthropic’s valuation triples to $61.5bn in bumper AI funding round
Four-year-old artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic has raised $3.5bn in a deal that triples its valuation to more than $60bn, as it aims to keep pace with OpenAI and ahead of newer rivals including China’s DeepSeek.
OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research
OpenAI on Monday said it is supporting a new consortium called NextGenAI that would focus on supporting AI-assisted research at top universities.
Applied use cases
AI now ‘analyzes’ LA Times articles for bias
Yesterday morning, billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong published a letter to readers letting them know the outlet is now using AI to add a “Voices” label to articles that take “a stance” or are “written from a personal perspective.”
Autoscience Carl: The first AI scientist writing peer-reviewed papers
Carl’s research papers were accepted in the Tiny Papers track at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR). Critically, these submissions were generated with minimal human involvement, heralding a new era for AI-driven scientific discovery.
School pupils set for AI and digital skills hubs
Secondary school pupils in Lancashire are set to experience future technologies like AI and virtual reality. Lancashire MEGA Hubs is a new scheme aimed at enhancing digital skills and career opportunities for youngsters, the county council said.
Ethics
How can we take AI to the edge of possibility?
While AI is already embedded in daily life, its true transformative potential remains underutilized. Equitable access to AI is essential to prevent a widening digital divide. The World Economic Forum and VivaTech launched the European Centre for AI Excellence (CAIE) to develop responsible AI solutions.
Trump’s rollback of AI guardrails leaves US workers ‘at real risk’
Protections introduced under Joe Biden to ensure the safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of AI were swiftly repealed by the Trump administration – as top executives outlined sweeping plans to overhaul the labor force.
AI at the Brink: Preventing the Subversion of Democracy
The year is 2028. The world’s leading economies are in turmoil as artificial intelligence systems, once hailed as engines of progress, have outpaced human governance.
Robotics
Boston Dynamics Led a Robot Revolution.
Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert says reinforcement learning is helping his creations gain more independence.
Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling
In the video, the robot hangs suspended from the ceiling as its limbs twitch and kick, marking what the company claims is a step toward its goal of creating household-helper robots.
Apptronik’s humanoid robots take the first steps toward building themselves
Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots, on Tuesday announced a new pilot partnership with American supply chain/manufacturing stalwart, Jabil. The deal arrives two weeks after Apptronik announced a $350 million Series A financing round aimed at scaling up production of its Apollo robot.
Research
AI for modelling infectious disease epidemics
AI and related technologies, which are already supporting human decision making in economics, medicine and social science, have the potential to transform the scope and power of infectious disease epidemiology. Here we consider the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science.
The potential of Generative AI across disciplines: Perspectives and future directions
The current article brings together experts in a variety of fields to expound and provide multi-disciplinary insights on the opportunities, challenges, and research agendas of generative AI in specific industries (i.e. marketing, healthcare, human resource, education, banking, retailing, the workplace, manufacturing, and sustainable IT management).
Integrating AI in energy transition: A comprehensive review
This review highlights that AI is not just a tool but a transformative catalyst, reshaping global energy systems into equitable, resilient, and sustainable frameworks, essential for achieving a net-zero future.
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