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In brief DualMint, peaq, and KanayaAI are building a tokenized vertical robo-farm in Hong Kong. Vertical farming grows food in stacked layers indoors, using less land and water than traditional farms. The project links farm cash flow to NFTs, giving holders returns based on food sales. Peaq, a blockchain network focused on the so-called Machine…
In brief Google’s DORA survey showed nearly all developers coded with AI in 2025—but only a quarter trusted what it spit out. Five thousand engineers told Google the same thing: AI is fast, useful, and totally unreliable. Developers embraced AI like candy, but treated its output like a scam email. Software developers have embraced artificial…
In brief Researchers built a “Swarm Oracle” of robots that collectively agreed on sensor data under adversarial attacks. The system uses a reputation token model to penalize faulty robots and reward accurate ones, enabling self-healing over time. Potential applications include disaster insurance, climate monitoring, and DePIN networks, though scalability remains a challenge. A swarm of…
In brief Tether is seeking to raise up to $20 billion, according to a report. The private raise could give the stablecoin issuer a valuation of $500 billion. AI giant OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have received similar valuations. Stablecoin giant Tether Holdings is hoping to raise up to $20 billion in a private placement…
In brief Researchers unveiled Delphi-2M in Nature, an AI that forecasts risk for 1,000+ diseases up to 20 years out. The model outperformed single-disease tools, predicting co-morbidities and generating synthetic health trajectories from medical records. Trained on UK Biobank and validated on 1.9M Danish health records, Delphi-2M shows promise but faces bias, privacy, and deployment…
In brief OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls compute power the “fuel” driving AI models, revenue, and growth. 10 gigawatts of AI compute equals the power use of millions of homes, sparking energy concerns. Experts warn AI’s electricity and water demands could strain grids worldwide. Nvidia is betting big on the future of artificial intelligence, committing…
In brief MIT’s SCIGEN steers generative AI to propose exotic, physically feasible materials. Samsung’s PaRS filters AI-generated designs, rejecting results that break physics. Both reflect a push for “physics-aware AI” to accelerate discovery in quantum computing, energy, and semiconductors. What if an AI system could propose a recipe for a new material that conducts electricity…
In brief Google’s DeepMind updated its Frontier Safety Framework to track new “frontier risks.” The changes add shutdown resistance and persuasive ability to earlier categories like cyber misuse and biosecurity. The shift comes amid parallel moves by Anthropic and OpenAI, and growing regulatory focus in the U.S. and EU. In a recent red-team experiment, researchers…
In brief A new Pew survey showed Americans wanted AI’s help with chores, but feared it wrecked their minds and relationships. Most Americans said AI stripped away creativity and human connection, with only 10% feeling more excited than worried. The majority admitted they had no control over AI in their lives—just a digital tide they…
In brief DeepMind used physics-informed neural networks to find new solutions to Navier-Stokes equations. The AI uncovered a new family of singularities, later proven mathematically correct. The breakthrough could boost weather models, aerodynamics, and climate prediction accuracy. For centuries, the complex mathematics describing the movement of liquids and gases—from the air rushing over an airplane’s…
