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Anthropic CEO says AI could cure most diseases within a decadeAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted AI could help cure most diseases within five to 10 years, and said Claude led the discovery of a molecular machine that may be a new gene-editing mechanism. He cited repeated patterns of AI jumping from weak to superhuman in new domains.
Virtio-nvgpu gives near-native Nvidia GPU access in KVM guestsvirtio-nvgpu forwards NVIDIA kernel driver ioctls at the driver ABI level, letting a Linux guest run the vendor's own unmodified user-mode drivers. On an RTX 3060, guest performance is within 2% of bare metal above about 2 ms per frame and costs the same CPU; four guests together hit about 103.7 fps, targeting headless streaming.
Feds Target AI Critics as 'Foreign Agents'The Trump administration attributes public concerns about AI and data centers to China, and the Justice Department warns protesters of criminal liability if they further a foreign power's goals. The move targets ordinary AI opponents and raises free-speech concerns.
Meta Debuts Palm-Sized Muse Charm AI DeviceMeta unveiled a palm-sized dedicated device, Muse Charm, for using its new AI assistant Muse on the go, deepening its push into the AI devices market with a surprise announcement.
OpenAI's Third-Party Assessment Priorities Lack TeethOpenAI published priorities and principles for third-party model assessors, saying independent evaluations should cover training, evaluation and deployment. Observers praised the direction but noted the document lacks enforceable controls, so it cannot compel OpenAI to publish adverse findings or change deployments, and may aim to broker identical restrictions among rivals and regulators.
Meta unveils VR headset and new smart glasses at ConnectAt Meta Connect, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced several new smart glasses, including a slimmer VR headset, the company's first camera-free glasses and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, detailing their specs, features and prices.
Meta to bring Muse agent to its smart glassesWeeks after launching Muse, Meta said it is working to bring the agent to its smart glasses, letting users activate it by voice for tasks like guiding workouts, logging meals and shopping. The glasses also gain an FDA-cleared Hearing Enhancement feature for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss.
Meta unveils camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glassesAt Connect 2026, Meta announced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first camera-free AI glasses, offering audio, calls, translation and the Muse assistant for $349. They weigh 43 grams with up to 12 hours of battery life, or 48 hours with the case, aiming to ease privacy criticism of camera-equipped AI glasses.
AI helps NC distribute nearly $23M in Helene loansNorth Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner said AI and automation cut administrative costs of a Hurricane Helene loan program by 90%, letting nearly $23 million in interest-free loans go to western North Carolina governments, with none deducted for administration this round.
Stanford accused of violating AI policy in adA Hacker News discussion says Stanford violated its AI policy after race-swapping students in an ad. The post includes a discussion link; the original article failed to load due to a technical issue.
Meta upgrades Muse with email and video callsMeta announced updates to its Muse agent: agents get their own email addresses for completing tasks and communication, the Muse Mac app will be able to use your computer, and users will soon be able to chat with Muse over video calls.
Sheffield approves AI for city project managementSheffield, Alabama's city council unanimously approved buying SuperGrok's top-tier platform for $3,000 to track project paperwork, schedules and stakeholders. The mayor stressed the AI is a tool to assist staff, not replace city employees.
User says uncensored models reduce work headachesA user said Qwen 3.8 and Muse Spark 1.3 often refuse tasks, and switching to a fine-tuned uncensored model makes work smoother. The user reported little performance drop and asked whether others had similar experiences.
Mercury 2.5 LLM Hits 770 Tokens per SecondInception released Mercury 2.5, achieving 770.4 output tokens per second, ranking #2 in speed on Artificial Analysis. Its intelligence index is 12, below the median 13, but it is cost-effective at $0.25/$0.75 per million input/output tokens with 90% cache discount.
The Cognitive Cost of AI: Three Risks for Medical EducatorsSaint Louis University warns that AI and LLMs in medical education risk cognitive offloading, leading to deskilling, never-skilling, and misskilling. One study found only 56% of medical students correctly judged GPT-3.5's clinical answers.
Meta's latest AI Muse said to rely on underpaid humansA 404 Media investigation found that Meta's AI phone assistant Muse is not fully automated; trained human agents place calls and handle conversations, highlighting the AI industry's common practice of masking human labor as AI.
Bill Gates: The Turbulent AI Era Is Here, Choices Now Are CriticalBill Gates argues in Gates Notes that the turbulent AI era has arrived and the choices we make now will determine the future, making them critical.
Where the US Leads and Lags China in AIThe New York Times analyzes the US-China AI rivalry, comparing each side's strengths and weaknesses across technology and industry.
Users Call on Google to Release Gemma 5 ModelA Reddit user urged Google to release Gemma 5, requesting a 220B A18B QAT version with ngrams, with a 120B A16B variant as an acceptable alternative. Google has not responded.
Antigravity SDK adds local AI model supportThe Antigravity SDK introduced support for local AI models, letting developers run models locally. The news was posted in the r/LocalLLaMA community; further details were not disclosed.
ABC: AI supply chains, geopolitics and self-censorshipABC News reports that ChatGPT and Claude are only the surface of AI's 'layered cake' of chips, data, energy and humans. This globally dispersed ecosystem spans Asia-Pacific, and no single country controls every layer, creating complex interdependence and geopolitical power shifts.
At 28, choose MD-PhD or restart with math and CS for AIA 28-year-old weighs finishing an MD plus a roughly five-year biomedical PhD against leaving medicine for a three-to-four-year math and CS degree to pursue ML/AI research. Concerns include AI automating software engineering, eroding the value of CS degrees, and how useful an MD plus PhD would be in AI.
Developer Shares 2.6B Engram Model Training UpdateA developer detailed the architecture of a 2.6B Engram model: frozen embeddings/LM head derived from OLMo 3, a 4.3B Engram table, layered SWA, and AttnRes for context-aware retrieval. The model is still in training and represents an early open experiment.
ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and TaiwanChatGPT Ads is expanding into Southeast Asia and Taiwan, giving eligible businesses new ways to reach users in more than 60 countries.
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