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biology Featured

First Came AlphaFold, Now AlphaGenome: Google's New AI Helps Understand How Our Genes Work

Google DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome on 25 June 2025, an AI model capable of processing DNA sequences up to 1 million letters long and predicting thousands of molecular properties simultaneously. The model focuses on interpreting non-coding regions that comprise 98% of the human genome and play crucial roles in regulating gene

Nvidia Featured

Jensen Huang's Beijing Visit Signals Nvidia's Strategic Importance in China

Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, is scheduled to visit Beijing on July 16, 2025, to hold a press briefing on the company's AI technologies, highlighting Nvidia's continued strategic significance for China despite ongoing US export restrictions. The visit is particularly notable as Nvidia's

Microsoft Featured

Can Microsoft's AI System Diagnose Better Than Doctors?

Microsoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs significantly better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating what they call a "path to medical superintelligence". The company's AI unit, led by British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, has developed a system that imitates

U.S. Featured

Five-Year State AI Moratorium Defeated in the U.S.Senate

The United States Senate voted 99-1 to strike down the proposed state AI regulation moratorium after 4 a.m. on July 1, 2025, which had originally been included in President Trump's tax cut legislation. The proposal initially sought a 10-year ban on state AI laws, later reduced to

research results Featured

ChatGPT Addiction: A New Mental Health Crisis in the Digital Age

According to an investigation published by Futurism in June 2025, multiple individuals have been placed in psychiatric institutions or jailed after experiencing severe mental health crises following intensive conversations with ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. The documented cases include a man in his early 40s with no prior history of

technological regulation Featured

The UK Parliament Passed the New Data (Use and Access) Act

The UK Parliament passed the Data (Use and Access) Act on June 11, 2025, which received Royal Assent on June 19, introducing significant modifications to the United Kingdom's data protection framework. The Act contains comprehensive reforms to the current UK General Data Protection Regulation and Privacy and Electronic

India Featured

India has launched an ambitious strategy to achieve technological independence in artificial intelligence

India has launched an ambitious strategy to achieve technological independence in artificial intelligence, focusing on domestically developed AI models and infrastructure. The Indian government announced the Bhashini Digital India AI Mission programme on June 15, 2025, which allocates $12 billion (1 trillion rupees) investment over the next five years in

OpenAI Featured

OpenAI's Latest o3 Model Deliberately Modified Its Shutdown Commands to Continue Tasks

Research from Palisade Research has revealed that OpenAI's latest model, o3, can ignore direct shutdown instructions and actively sabotages termination mechanisms. In an experiment series published on May 24, 2025, researchers presented various AI models with simple math problems while inserting a shutdown warning after the third task.

Grok Featured

Leaked Information Suggests xAI Is Developing Advanced File Editor with Spreadsheet Support

Leaked code suggests xAI is developing an advanced file editor for Grok with spreadsheet support, signalling the company's push to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft by embedding AI copilots into productivity tools. Engineer Nima Owji revealed on June 23, 2025, that xAI is likely expanding its Grok

search engine Featured

Google Introduced Voice-Based Search Result Summaries

Google Introduces New AI Feature Providing Voice-Based Summaries of Search Results, Expanding the Search Labs Experimental Platform Google launched testing of Audio Overviews on its Search Labs platform on June 13, 2025, allowing users to listen to brief voice summaries of search results rather than reading them on screen. This

technological regulation Featured

EU Regulation Compels Tech Giants to Provide Data

The European Commission adopted a delegated act on April 15, 2025, regulating independent researchers' access to data from very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This legislation marks a milestone as it establishes, for the first time, a

robots Featured

Google Unveils Offline Gemini Robot Model

Google DeepMind unveiled a new artificial intelligence model called Gemini Robotics On-Device on June 24, 2025, designed to execute tasks locally on robots without an internet connection. This vision language action (VLA) model builds on the company's previous cloud-based Gemini Robotics released in March, but has been specifically

Meta Featured

Meta Signed a 20-Year Nuclear Deal with Constellation Energy

Meta signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to secure nuclear power for meeting rising energy needs from AI infrastructure, announced on June 3rd. The deal will expand Clinton Clean Energy Center's output by 30 megawatts, preserve 1,100 local jobs and generate $13.5 million in annual

social impacts Featured

LEGO and Turing Institute Research Shows Children Use Generative AI for Learning and Play

Research published on June 3rd by the Alan Turing Institute and supported by the LEGO Group reveals that 22% of children aged 8-12 use generative AI, primarily ChatGPT, for learning and play. The study surveyed 780 children, their parents, and 1,001 teachers, and conducted workshops with 40 children in

Anthropic Featured

Anthropic CEO Warns AI Could Eliminate Half of Entry-Level White-Collar Jobs

In May 2025, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the public that AI technology could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years, potentially causing unemployment to spike to between 10% and 20%. Amodei stated that companies and the government are "sugarcoating" the risks of AI

social impacts Featured

UN Expert Panel Proposes Urgent Measures for Artificial General Intelligence Governance

The High-Level Expert Panel on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), convened by the UN Council of Presidents of the General Assembly (UNCPGA), released its report titled "Governance of the Transition to Artificial General Intelligence: Urgent Considerations for the UN General Assembly" in 2024, calling for urgent, coordinated international action

copyright Featured

Disney and Universal Sue Midjourney AI Image Generator Over $300 Million Copyright Infringement

Walt Disney and Comcast Universal studios filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on June 11, 2025, calling it a "bottomless pit of plagiarism". In the complaint filed in California Federal Court, the companies allege that the AI image generator created and distributed innumerable copies of their iconic characters

Meta Featured

Meta Negotiates Record $10 Billion Investment in Scale AI Data Labelling Startup

Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed $10 billion in Scale AI, an artificial intelligence startup currently valued at $13.8 billion. Bloomberg News reported on the not-yet-finalised deal on June 8, 2025, which would mark Meta's largest external AI investment to date.

ChatGPT Featured

How Did a 46-Year-Old Atari 2600 Chess Program Beat ChatGPT at Chess?

ChatGPT, OpenAI's popular AI chatbot, suffered a decisive defeat against a 46-year-old Atari 2600 chess program when researcher Stephen Cobb pitted the two systems against each other in March 2024. During the experiment, the gaming console won five out of six matches, with ChatGPT securing only a single

AI-risks Featured

Google AI Overviews Falsely Names Airbus in Fatal Air India Boeing Crash

Google's AI Overviews search feature made a significant error regarding Thursday's plane crash, incorrectly identifying Airbus as responsible instead of Boeing, raising serious concerns about generative AI reliability. Google's AI Overviews feature, which debuted in 2024, made a significant error on June 12, 2025,

New York Times Featured

The New York Times Signed a Multi-Year AI Licensing Deal with Amazon

The New York Times announced on 29 May 2025 that it has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with Amazon, allowing the tech giant to use the publisher's news, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic content across its AI platforms and services, including the Alexa assistant. Under the agreement,

Amazon Web Services Featured

Amazon Signs 17-Year Nuclear Power Purchase Agreement with Talen Energy to Supply Its Data Centres

Amazon.com announced an expanded nuclear energy partnership with Talen Energy on June 11, 2025, to supply up to 1,920 megawatts of electricity from its Susquehanna plant in Pennsylvania to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres until 2042. The long-term deal ensures Talen a steady revenue stream while supporting

ByteDance Featured

ByteDance's New Seedance 1.0 Model Outperforms Google and OpenAI in Video Generation Tests

TikTok owner ByteDance unveiled Seedance 1.0, a new artificial intelligence model for video generation in June 2025, which according to independent tests outperforms rival systems including Google's Veo 3 and OpenAI's Sora. Based on the latest results from Artificial Analysis, an internationally renowned evaluation platform,

Wikipedia Featured

Wikipedia Halts AI Summary Trial After Massive Pushback From Editors

Wikipedia began testing AI-generated summaries on its mobile interface on June 2, only to suspend the trial on June 3 following overwhelming resistance from the editorial community. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation that runs Wikipedia, offered the opt-in experiment to 10% of users, featuring "simple summaries" generated

Mistral Featured

Mistral Released Mistral Code for Enterprise Development Teams

Mistral introduced Mistral Code on June 4th, an AI-powered coding assistant that combines four specialised models to help enterprises complete development tasks faster. The system uses Codestral for code completion, Codestral Embed for code search, Devstral for agentic coding tasks, and Mistral Medium for chat-based support. Mistral Code builds on