OpenAI's research chief talks of ‘cultural reset’ after wild few weeks
First, in July, the firm announced that its models had hacked the AI hub Hugging Face, a collaborative platform where users share models and data sets. This week, the Australian government revealed that OpenAI agents had…
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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
In July, she had been elected to become a member of the European Academy of Engineering (EAE), an organization billed on its website as the “premier institution representing the highest professional distinction in…
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Why science wouldn’t exist without alchemy, curiosity and great writing: Books in brief
It reprints 11 wide-ranging science articles by different writers, published across newspapers, magazines and journals, including Nature . Each comes with a commentary by another science writer and an interview about the…
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Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast
The government estimates that reconstruction will cost almost US$5 billion — roughly 10% of Nepal’s gross domestic product. The question now, as the nation starts to rebuild, is where that money will come from. It’s too…
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Google Gemini can present cartoon or lifelike avatars to lip-sync generative chatter
"Conversation is inherently multimodal: we listen, look, speak, and use facial expressions to communicate," explained Shuo-yiin Chang, research scientist at Google DeepMind, and CJ Zheng, Gemini software engineer, in a…
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Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
But temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere. Type in your postcode to see what summer 2026 was like in your area. 🏠🌤️ How was summer 2026 near you? A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet…
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Crook used three open source agents to break into a Fortune 500 hospitality company, a major US airline and 25+ other orgs
The Chinese-speaking operator used three different open source AI harnesses - Strix, Cairn, and Hermes - to run the near-autonomous attacks and hit “tens” of companies each day. “Where access was achieved, it usually…
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Durabook launches a workstation laptop with three real screens - Z14I-DX3 is a rugged mobile device featuring a trio of 14-inch full HD displays with an optional Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada GPU for command posts and drone teams
The Z14I-DX3 pairs a conventional rugged clamshell with two extra full HD touch panels hinged to either side of the lid. When folded, the side panels sit over the main display for transport; when opened, the three…
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Waymo is scaling fast: Here’s what the fleet data shows
And by almost every measure, it is — until you pay attention to where the bulk of those robotaxis are actually showing up. The numbers over the past two years reflect the kind of commercial rollout you’d expect from a…
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 25 (game #936)
If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, September 24 (game #935) . Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle , Spelling Bee and…
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