While AI has enabled some scientific breakthroughs, its widespread adoption in research is driven more by incentives for scientists than proven benefits, leading to overoptimistic claims and lack of transparency about limitations and negative results.
NVIDIA, Foxconn, and Taiwan are teaming up to construct a groundbreaking AI factory supercomputer, boasting 10,000 Blackwell GPUs, empowering researchers, startups, and industries with cutting-edge AI computing resources to drive innovation and adoption across the nation.
Nvidia's CEO praises the talent of Chinese AI researchers, warning that overly restrictive US policies like export controls on AI chips could hinder America's ability to lead in AI development amidst healthy global competition.
Physicists confront cosmic puzzles as dark matter experiments yield no particles, prompting theories like 'fuzzy dark matter' waves affecting galaxies or entropy-based gravity models that negate the need for dark matter, reshaping our understanding of the universe.
While AI risks deserve scrutiny, media coverage often sensationalizes dystopian scenarios, influenced by billionaire-backed movements, neglecting nuance; more balanced, evidence-based reporting highlighting diverse expert voices is needed to improve public understanding.
A groundbreaking drug targeting interleukin-11 extended the lifespan of mice by up to 25%, transforming them into youthful 'supermodel grannies' with improved vitality and reduced cancer rates, sparking hope for human trials aimed at unlocking the secrets of longevity.
Meta has postponed the release of its highly anticipated 'Behemoth' AI model, originally slated for summer, to fall or later, citing a slowdown in AI progress and a lack of significant improvements, potentially signaling that current scaling approaches for large language models may be reaching their limits.
The University of California awarded $18 million to fund ambitious AI research projects in genomics, quantum materials, and geothermal energy, bringing together expertise from UC campuses and national labs to accelerate scientific breakthroughs and innovation at unprecedented scale.
Meta's AI research division unveils groundbreaking datasets and models, including Open Molecules 2025 for molecular discovery, and insights into how language representations develop in the brain, mirroring large language models, potentially revolutionizing science and language processing.
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider accidentally achieved the medieval alchemists' dream of transmuting lead into gold, albeit temporarily and on an infinitesimal scale, by colliding lead nuclei at near light speed.