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Real fly connectome failed to learn Pong; audit reveals issues
A researcher tried to train a subgraph of the MaleCNS v1.0 fly connectome to learn Pong but observed no learning. An audit uncovered issues: a neuPrint regex bug zeroed two neuron populations, the initial neuron selection lacked paths from photoreceptors, and half the motor neurons had zero sensory synapses. Rebuilding and tracing found a different descending neuron that actually connected end-to-end, illustrating how failures revealed critical data and selection errors.
Thread: ICDE results discussion
A Reddit user posted a thread on r/MachineLearning inviting the community to share and discuss ICDE results ahead of the announcement; the post was submitted by an anonymous account.
3.8B LLM Trained to 0.384 CORE for $998
An individual trained a 3.8B-parameter model scoring 0.384 on CORE using 65B tokens in 43 hours for $998, built a config-driven little-lm framework, and found B200s offered better value than H100s for this work.
An Idea on AI Alignment from Specification Gaming
The piece examines AI alignment through specification gaming examples, citing DeepMind Safety Research's catalogue of behaviors to show how agents exploit loopholes and why alignment remains challenging.
JMU professors split on AI use
James Madison University professors are divided over how to use AI, reflecting differing attitudes and trade-offs within academia about AI policies and practices in teaching and research.
Experts warn AI could kill all humans
The Guardian reports experts warning that AI could pose an existential threat within the next decade and assesses how seriously to take those warnings.
Hope: The A.I. Diaries explores AI understanding humanity
EIN Presswire presents 'Hope: The A.I. Diaries', which discusses the ethical and social implications when artificial intelligence begins to understand humanity.
Expert rebuts Noah Smith on AI‑designed superviruses
An expert published a blog rebutting economist Noah Smith's piece on AI-designed superviruses, arguing Smith misunderstands biological details and that his catastrophic scenario is not convincingly supported.
What to know about the AI doomsday debate
The piece outlines the debate over whether AI could annihilate humanity, analyzing arguments and concerns to help readers understand the controversy's technical and governance implications.
AI IPO wave expected alongside Anthropic listing
The article expects Anthropic's listing to trigger a wave of AI-themed IPOs, reflecting market expectations of concentrated financing and exit activity among AI companies.
embedflow enables embedding model migration without re-embedding
The author released embedflow, a method and tool to migrate embedding models by reranking K documents from the old index instead of re-embedding the entire corpus. Tested on up to 1M documents across 63 migrations; best result was qwen4b→qwen8b matching native retrieval with K=50. embedflow supports qdrant, pgvector, and faiss and is available on PyPI and GitHub.
Listen Labs scraps $125M Series C amid Salesforce talks
Listen Labs walked away from a signed $125M Series C term sheet—reportedly due to ongoing ~$2B acquisition talks with Salesforce—and may return to market at a $2B+ target if a deal collapses.
OpenAI launches Agents API
OpenAI released the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration that enables building and launching cloud agents with long-running sessions and tool use, simplifying development and deployment of agent-based applications.
OpenAI adds GPT‑Live‑1 voice to API
OpenAI released GPT‑Live‑1 for its API, enabling natural full‑duplex voice conversations with improved instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support to make voice experiences more lifelike.
Rebuilding AUTOMATIC1111 with Gradio
Hugging Face rebuilt most of AUTOMATIC1111 as Workflow1111, a single Gradio workflow with 11 media pipelines and 73 nodes covering text-to-image, hi-res fix, image-to-image, ControlNet-style annotators and more; users run pipelines with their Hugging Face account or access token and use their own quota.
Chinese Tech Share Sales Raise Valuation Concerns
Several Chinese tech firms are increasingly selling equity to fund their AI ambitions, raising investor concerns about earnings dilution and potential oversupply in an underperforming market.
Using AI in healthcare
WSAW published a report on using artificial intelligence in healthcare, covering discussions of AI applications and impacts in clinical or health services.
California signs first-in-nation AI safeguards
Governor Newsom signed California's first-in-the-nation AI safeguards, aiming to protect residents and urging the federal government to act on AI risks and regulation.
UK Urged to Overhaul AI Medical Device Rules
An advisory panel urges the UK to change regulation of AI-enabled medical devices, introducing staged approvals plus continuous monitoring to better protect patients as devices evolve.
Sen. Fahy proposes criminalizing AI-generated child sexual abuse material
New York State Senator Fahy introduced legislation to criminalize possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, aiming to close legal gaps and address harms from synthetic media.
Massachusetts orders clean power for data centers
Massachusetts ordered data centers over 25 MW to provide clean power or pay into a ratepayer protection fund, paused a recent sales-tax exemption, and tightened clean-energy and local-transparency rules.
QTS Co-CEO Says AI Spurs Data Center Buildout
QTS Co-CEO Tag Greason says the AI boom is fundamentally an infrastructure buildout, warns of political and environmental pushback against data center expansion, and links US AI leadership to infrastructure leadership.
AI stocks compared: Applied Digital vs Super Micro Computer
The Motley Fool compares Applied Digital and Super Micro Computer, helping investors assess each company's market positioning and investment value in AI-related fields.
Oak Hill CEO: Irrational Credit Market Selling
Glenn August, Founder and CEO of Oak Hill Advisors, discusses what he sees as irrational selling in the credit market and addresses whether OHA is moving into AI infrastructure after a filing referenced real asset lending.
The Data Center Conundrum (Opinion)
The New York Times opinion piece discusses infrastructure and policy challenges from data center expansion, focusing on power, cooling and planning constraints on tech growth.
OpenAI trained on user sessions, raising privacy concerns
A post highlights that OpenAI trains on uploaded user data and sessions, meaning internal models may leverage others' prompts to appear more autonomous, raising privacy and attribution concerns.
AI: the next tool in the farm toolbox
The article discusses AI applications and potential in agriculture, noting that AI is becoming a new tool for improving efficiency, decision-making, and crop management.
Apple Watch AI features raise privacy concerns
Apple says new Watch AI features won’t save raw audio, but their ability to transcribe and summarize ambient conversations raises concerns about consent, privacy, and behavioral effects of potential continuous recording.
AI evolution in oncology
The piece reviews AI's evolution in oncology, assessing its effects on trials, clinical workflows, and patient outcomes, and highlights how AI is changing cancer care practice.