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"US researchers created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous #robots, powered by #light. They carry microscopic #computers and can be programmed to move in complex patterns, sense local temperatures and adjust their paths accordingly."
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Researchers create world's smallest programmable, autonomous robots
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings, operate for months and cost just a penny each.
techxplore.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"US researchers created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous #robots, powered by #light. They carry microscopic #computers and can be programmed to move in complex patterns, sense local temperatures and adjust their paths accordingly."
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"A new speech-to-reality system integrates natural language processing, #generativeAI, and #robotics to create physical objects from spoken prompts within minutes. This technology enables rapid, accessible #manufacturing without the need for #3Dmodeling expertise."
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Speech-to-reality system creates objects on demand using AI and robotics
Generative AI and robotics are moving us ever closer to the day when we can ask for an object and have it created within a few minutes. In fact, MIT researchers have developed a speech-to-reality system, an AI-driven workflow that allows them to provide input to a robotic arm and "speak objects into existence," creating things like furniture in as little as five minutes.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A new speech-to-reality system integrates natural language processing, #generativeAI, and #robotics to create physical objects from spoken prompts within minutes. This technology enables rapid, accessible #manufacturing without the need for #3Dmodeling expertise."
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"A new AI system, OmniPredict, uses advanced language and vision models to anticipate pedestrian behavior in real time. This technology could significantly enhance the safety and intuition of autonomous vehicles in complex urban environments."
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Can AI read humans' minds? A pedestrian behavior model is shockingly good at it
In a striking leap toward safer self-driving cars, researchers at Texas A&M University College of Engineering and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called OmniPredict.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"A new AI system, OmniPredict, uses advanced language and vision models to anticipate pedestrian behavior in real time. This technology could significantly enhance the safety and intuition of autonomous vehicles in complex urban environments."
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"Boosting levels of a certain #molecule that declines with age was found to restore memory and brain function in #Alzheimer’s disease models."
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NAD+ Corrects RNA Splicing to Restore Alzheimer's Memory
Boosting levels of a certain molecule that declines with age was found to restore memory and brain function in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) models – not just by improving energy metabolism, as previously thought, but by fixing RNA splicing errors that disrupt hundreds of genes crucial to neuron health.
newatlas.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Boosting levels of a certain #molecule that declines with age was found to restore memory and brain function in #Alzheimer’s disease models."
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"Portable #genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence #DNA have critical, previously unreported #security vulnerabilities that could reveal or alter genetic information without detection, according to a new study."
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Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data
Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security vulnerabilities that could reveal or alter genetic information without detection, according to a new study.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Portable #genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence #DNA have critical, previously unreported #security vulnerabilities that could reveal or alter genetic information without detection, according to a new study."
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Heard a great quote recently by @neildegrassetyson.com: "You can credit science for nuclear power. They became weapons because countries can't get along."
I love this quote for two reasons 🧵
I love this quote for two reasons 🧵
July 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Heard a great quote recently by @neildegrassetyson.com: "You can credit science for nuclear power. They became weapons because countries can't get along."
I love this quote for two reasons 🧵
I love this quote for two reasons 🧵
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make
This $7,000 Single-Seat Electric Car Is a Big Hit in Japan
In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make.
bloom.bg
May 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make
May 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
wrd.cm
March 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
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This piece is very much worth reading ⬇️
1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
www.science.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This piece is very much worth reading ⬇️
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‘…the authors dub “mutually assured AI malfunction,” or MAIM, analogizing it to nuclear mutual assured destruction (MAD). Under MAIM, they argue, “any state's aggressive bid for unilateral AI dominance is met with preventive sabotage by its rivals.”’ www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
Seeking Stability in the Competition for AI Advantage
A new report, Superintelligence Strategy, offers a bold vision for how the United States and China could compete securely and safely as they develop increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI). ...
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March 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‘…the authors dub “mutually assured AI malfunction,” or MAIM, analogizing it to nuclear mutual assured destruction (MAD). Under MAIM, they argue, “any state's aggressive bid for unilateral AI dominance is met with preventive sabotage by its rivals.”’ www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
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👩💻 What is AGI...and should it be a goal? 😱 My podcast interview on this question is out! With @eryk.bsky.social and @borhane.bsky.social , interviewed by @justinhendrix.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social :
www.techpolicy.press/should-agi-r...
Based on this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.03689
www.techpolicy.press/should-agi-r...
Based on this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.03689
Should AGI Really Be the Goal of Artificial Intelligence Research? | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Eryk Salvaggio, Borhane Blili-Hamelin, and Margaret Mitchell about the efficacy of aiming for artificial general intelligence.
www.techpolicy.press
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
👩💻 What is AGI...and should it be a goal? 😱 My podcast interview on this question is out! With @eryk.bsky.social and @borhane.bsky.social , interviewed by @justinhendrix.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social :
www.techpolicy.press/should-agi-r...
Based on this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.03689
www.techpolicy.press/should-agi-r...
Based on this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.03689
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Many technologists are fixated on generative AI’s potential to automate human work. Through DOGE’s efforts, we see what this can look like applied to the federal government—at this point, a far cry from utopia, with many people simply now out of work, systemic breakdowns, and widespread chaos.
DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way
The civil service is being turned over to machines.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Many technologists are fixated on generative AI’s potential to automate human work. Through DOGE’s efforts, we see what this can look like applied to the federal government—at this point, a far cry from utopia, with many people simply now out of work, systemic breakdowns, and widespread chaos.
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A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
March 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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The Council mulls strategy to fix EU’s cloud computing issues
The Council mulls strategy to fix EU’s cloud computing issues
The telecom working party will discuss its oligopolistic structure, high resource consumption and slow permit granting, according to a document obtained by Euractiv.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Council mulls strategy to fix EU’s cloud computing issues
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La prochaine révolution de l’intelligence artificielle est organique – et elle est déjà là
La prochaine révolution de l'intelligence artificielle est organique - et elle est déjà là
Une entreprise australienne, Cortical Labs, a présenté son premier bio-ordinateur au Mobile World Congress, le 3 mars, à Barcelone. Développé à partir de neurones humains, il n’est qu’une des concrétisations de l’intelligence organoïque, un champ de recherche émergent qui se veut être le futur de l’intelligence
www.numerama.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
La prochaine révolution de l’intelligence artificielle est organique – et elle est déjà là