In the News
Generative AI trends 2025: LLMs, data scaling & enterprise adoption
Generative AI is entering a more mature phase in 2025. Models are being refined for accuracy and efficiency, and enterprises are embedding them into everyday workflows.
In The News
Anthropic just made its latest move in the AI coding wars
The AI coding wars are heating up. One of the main battlegrounds? “Context windows,” or an AI model’s working memory — the amount of text it can take into account when it’s coming up with an answer. On that front, Anthropic just gained some ground.
ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated
When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions
China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare
Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans.
Applied use cases
SoundHound is giving its AI the power of sight
Imagine driving past a landmark and, without pulling out your phone, asking your car, “What’s that building over there?” and getting an instant answer. That’s what SoundHound AI is building.
AI can make us UK's biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says
Rolls-Royce's plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its nuclear reactors could make it the UK's most valuable company, its boss has said.
New Study Suggests Using AI Made Doctors Less Skilled at Spotting Cancer
Health practitioners, companies, and others have for years hailed the potential benefits of AI in medicine, from improving medical imaging to outperforming doctors at diagnostic assessments.
Ethics
Use of AI could worsen racism and sexism in Australia, human rights commissioner warns
AI risks entrenching racism and sexism in Australia, the human rights commissioner has warned, amid internal Labor debate about how to respond to the emerging technology.
Why AI is replacing some jobs faster than others
Data-poor industries are scrabbling to digitize in order to enjoy the benefits of AI – but experiencing greater friction with established practices.
Anthropic details its AI safety strategy
Central to this effort is Anthropic’s Safeguards team; who aren’t your average tech support group, they’re a mix of policy experts, data scientists, engineers, and threat analysts who know how bad actors think.
Robotics
Life-like robots for sale to the public as China opens new store
More than 100 types of products will be on sale at Robot Mall, which launched in the Chinese capital on Friday. The store is one of the first in the country to sell humanoid and consumer-oriented robots.
Today’s humanoid robots look remarkable, but there’s a design flaw holding them back
Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here.
Embodied Intelligence: The PRC’s Whole-of-Nation Push into Robotics
This article is the first in a series analyzing the trajectory of the PRC’s robotics industry, from ecosystem formation to supply chain control to military implications.
Research
AI in Primary Aldosteronism: Current Achievements and Future Challenges
Future research should focus on clinical practice by developing integrated diagnostic-treatment pathways, while leveraging AI's strengths and overcoming its current limitations in generalizability and clinical acceptance.
Emerging uses of AI in deep time biodiversity research
AI is transforming scientific research by enabling the analysis of vast and complex data to address long-standing questions.
Areas of Use of AI in Historical Research
The study recommended that artificial intelligence is an aid to human interpretation, not a substitute for it, and historians in all historical fields should use artificial intelligence wisely and critically, considering its limits and potential.