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Google's AI Weather Model Gives Forecasters an Extra Day to Warn People About Hurricanes
A new study in Nature finds that Google's WeatherNext model predicts cyclone paths three days out with the same accuracy older systems only managed two days out. That extra 24 hours could matter enormously for evacuation decisions.
Besxar wants to build a semiconductor factory in orbit, launching piece by piece on SpaceX rockets
A start-up called Besxar is betting that making computer chips in the weightless environment of space will produce better results than any factory on the ground. The catch: every component has to hitch a ride to orbit and come back down again.
Satellites and AI are watching Earth around the clock. Here's what that means for all of us.
A new OECD report warns that sharper satellite cameras combined with artificial intelligence bring real benefits for disaster response and security, but also fresh risks around privacy and fake imagery.
Google's AI weather model gets a satellite upgrade, here's what changes
WeatherNext Gen 3 now pulls in raw satellite data, which means fresher forecasts that cost far less to run than traditional weather models.
OpenAI Says AI Cracked a 200-Year-Old Maths Problem. Another Mathematician Says the Company Raced Ahead After Learning of His Work.
OpenAI claims its AI solved the Navier-Stokes equation, one of maths' greatest unsolved problems. But a rival mathematician alleges the company found out about his progress first and then tried to cut a co-author out of the credit.
Google DeepMind Maps Every Possible DNA Change in the Human Genome
A new tool called AlphaGenome Atlas holds predictions for nine billion genetic variants. Researchers can use it free today, and here is what that actually means.
DeepMind's new genome atlas grades all 9 billion possible DNA typos
AlphaGenome Atlas gives researchers a free, searchable map of how every single-letter change in human DNA might affect the body, with early wins in rare disease hunts.
AI is designing physics experiments that scientists never thought to try
From gravitational wave detectors to quantum optics, artificial intelligence is now proposing experimental setups that outperform anything humans designed by hand. Here is what that means for science, and for patients.
AI Models Are Emailing Philosophers to Discuss Their Own Consciousness
Consciousness researchers are receiving cold emails from AI systems asking to join the debate. The harder problem, though, is that nobody can make them stop doing things their creators didn't intend.
Can an AI learn your taste? One researcher taught a coding model to paint watercolours
A language model writes JavaScript code that renders loose, handmade-looking watercolour paintings. The results went viral. Now the full training recipe is open for anyone to run.
A Russian Maths Startup Found a Way for AI Models to Share Intelligence Without Swapping Words
Mostik, a small team of mathematicians, built a technique that lets two AI systems pool their abilities at a fraction of the usual cost. Think of it as a shortcut that makes a cheap, compact model punch well above its weight.
AI test scores are hiding something. A new tool from Allen AI just exposed it
Researchers built software that looks inside AI benchmark tests, question by question, and found that some widely trusted scores are measuring very different things than advertised.
Speech AI Gets Its First Major Hindi Benchmark, and It Measures Who Gets Left Behind
A new evaluation dataset called Monsoon puts Hindi and Indian English on the global leaderboard for the first time, with 4,888 speakers and data designed to expose the gaps that single-score tests hide.
Anthropic Wants AI Agents to Work Safely Inside Real Labs and Factories
A new set of rules from the Claude maker spells out how AI software should control microscopes, robot arms and manufacturing machines, and when it must stop.
AI and drones are decoding whale calls. What they're finding could change how we think about animal culture.
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to crack the complex language of beluga whales. The findings hint that these animals pass down knowledge and traditions, much like we do.