OpenAI spent $3B on coding startup Windsurf, Google fortified its AI lead via benchmarks and talent retention, while Apple lagged due to privacy restrictions limiting training data access, intensifying the AI arms race.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announces ambitious 2027 deadline to crack AI's mysterious 'black box' problem, warning against deploying powerful systems that researchers cannot explain while calling for industry-wide safety research and government regulations to prevent an uncontrolled global AI race.
Remarkable advancements in treatments, care, and newborn screening for cystic fibrosis have led to a soaring survival rate, with the median predicted age for CF patients born between 2017-2021 reaching 53 years, up from 38 years just a decade ago.
While OpenAI's o3 AI model underperformed initial claims with a 10% score on a benchmark test, the company's newer models like o3-mini-high and o4-mini show promise by outperforming the public o3 release, indicating progress in AI capabilities.
Astronomers excited by potential biosignature gases detected on exoplanet K2-18b, but scientific community urges caution, demanding extraordinary evidence before confirming life beyond Earth.
Google has regained its dominance in the AI field, with its powerful models like Gemini 2.5 outperforming rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic, thanks to its unparalleled AI capabilities, talent, infrastructure, and resources, allowing it to reclaim a commanding lead after initially stumbling with ChatGPT.
Wikipedia collaborates with Kaggle to offer a curated dataset, comprising structured content like summaries and infoboxes, facilitating responsible AI development without straining Wikipedia's servers.
IBM VP David Cox warns that while language models appear intelligent, they lack true understanding, and the real risks of current AI systems are being overlooked amidst the hype around artificial general intelligence (AGI).
In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists have developed an AI model that mimics the mouse brain's visual cortex, enabling virtual neuroscience experiments with the potential to accelerate research by accurately predicting the responses of tens of thousands of neurons to new visual stimuli.
Astronomers have detected potential biosignatures on the 'Hycean' exoplanet K2-18b, which may have a liquid ocean and hydrogen-rich atmosphere, raising the exciting possibility of extraterrestrial life, though further research is needed for confirmation.