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In brief Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the Sam Altman-backed Merge Labs are driving a new wave of billionaire-backed brain-computer interface ventures. Current BCI progress remains medical, with only five Neuralink patients implanted as of September 2025. Experts warn BCIs are far from “thought reading,” and billionaire ambitions risk overshadowing real therapeutic potential. Elon Musk already…
In brief DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics models gave machines the ability to plan, reason, and even look up recycling rules online before acting. Instead of following scripts, Google’s new AI lets robots adapt, problem-solve, and pass skills between each other. From packing suitcases to sorting trash, robots powered by Gemini-ER 1.5 showed early steps toward general-purpose…
In brief TU Wien researchers tested six frontier LLMs by leaving them without any tasks or instructions. Some models built structured projects, while others ran experiments on their own cognition. The findings add new weight to debates over whether AI systems can appear “seemingly conscious.” When left without tasks or instructions, large language models don’t…
In brief Tether is reportedly seeking up to $15-20 billion for a 3% stake in its firm. Ark Invest and Softbank are reportedly in discussions to participate in the raise. The raise would value the firm at around $500 billion, making it one of the largest private companies in the world. Tech investors SoftBank Group…
In brief Stanford researchers used AI to compose entire viral genomes—not edits, but full DNA blueprints from scratch. Sixteen of the 302 AI-generated phages came to life, replicating and even outcompeting the natural virus they mimicked. The work hints at custom-designed phage therapies—and raises urgent questions about governing generative biology. This week, while some headlines…
In brief OpenAI’s GDPval benchmark tested real jobs—legal briefs, code, reports—and found AI matching human experts at breakneck speed. Claude and GPT-5 outperformed seasoned professionals in 44 occupations, improving threefold in just over a year. The study showed the first wave of disruption will hit office-based jobs, from coders to lawyers and journalists. OpenAI unveiled…
In brief Elon Musk’s xAI has sued OpenAI, alleging it induced former employees to steal source code and data center deployment strategies. The AI company alleges OpenAI targeted employees with knowledge of its “secret sauce” data center operations, with one executive refusing to sign confidentiality documents after leaving for OpenAI. One engineer allegedly admitted in…
In brief Authors Yudkowsky and Soares warn that AI superintelligence will make humans extinct. Critics say extinction talk overshadows real harms like bias, layoffs, and disinformation. The AI debate is split between doomers and accelerationists pushing for faster growth. It may sound like a Hollywood thriller, but in their new book “If Anyone Builds It,…
In brief Guido Reichstadter is maintaining his hunger strike at Anthropic’s San Francisco offices. Michael Trazzi and Denys Sheremet staged similar fasts at DeepMind’s London HQ, but ended them this week. AI doomers are raising the alarm about the potential dangers of AI superintelligence. Guido Reichstadter is 24 days into a hunger strike outside the…
In brief AIQuant launched a crypto trading platform with customizable AI agents. The AI agents trade on Base, Solana, and BNB Chain, removing human emotion from trading. A native AIQ token will support staking, governance, and future platform features. AI Quant Labs, an Atlanta-based startup specializing in automated crypto trading, launched its AIQuant platform on…
