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OpenAI's Prism update adds Codex CLI for end-to-end research automation

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:22:01 +0000

OpenAI has significantly upgraded Prism, its AI-native workspace for researchers, by integrating Codex CLI and the new GPT-5.3 model. Read more...

AI Overviews are killing the web search, and there's nothing we can do about it

Ivan Jenic — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:02 +0000

Recent report shows that Google's AI Overview reduces clicks by 58%. Here's what that means for both publishers and users: Read more...

OpenAI unveils Prism, a GPT-5.2 powered workspace for scientists

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:52:01 +0000

OpenAI has launched Prism, a new AI-native workspace powered by GPT-5.2 and built on the Crixet platform, specifically designed to streamline scientific writing. Read more...

Meta allegedly hid research findings related to mental health

Paul Hill — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:24:02 +0000

Meta allegedly hid findings of research which showed that people's mental health improved when quitting its social media platforms for a week. Other allegations have been brought against it too. Read more...

Google's Willow chip runs 13,000x faster than supercomputers in a major quantum breakthrough

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:50:01 +0000

Google's Willow quantum chip has achieved a world-first, running a verifiable quantum algorithm that outperforms supercomputers by 13,000x. Read more...

Barely better than "chance": Microsoft reveals just how bad we are at detecting AI images

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:20:01 +0000

A study by researchers from Microsoft has revealed just how bad people are at detecting images that have been created by artificial intelligence. Read more...

Scientists baffled by plant said to do something nearly impossible

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 May 2025 16:16:01 +0000

Research on an uncommon plant reveals something that was previously thought impossible in challenging environments. Read more...

Google finally adds ability to search the web on NotebookLM

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:56:02 +0000

NotebookLM just got the ability to search and pull web sources right into your notebook, with a new feature called Discover Sources. Read more...

OpenAI launches NextGenAI consortium with 15 leading research institutions to promote AI

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:16:01 +0000

OpenAI has launched NextGenAI, a consortium of 15 universities and institutions with $50M in funding, to advance AI research and education. Read more...

Apple launches new Apple Health Study around iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:40:01 +0000

Apple has launched a new Apple Health Study to understand how technology can impact our physical and mental health. Read more...

Model aims to combat misinformation by tracking trolls in real-time

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:06:02 +0000

Researchers from Texas Tech University have developed a machine learning model that detects Russian troll accounts on X with impressive accuracy, potentially improving misinformation management. Read more...

Vodafone's DreamLab app yields new typhoon findings

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:16:01 +0000

The Vodafone DreamLab app has helped researchers study the link between typhoons and climate change. They found that typhoons are 14 km per hour faster and that they'll hit countries more often. Read more...

Research AI tool Elicit gives free users unlimited searches, phases out credits

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:46:01 +0000

Elicit, an AI tool that answers based on information from scientific papers, has unlocked unlimited queries on its Basic plan. It has also improved its Plus and Pro plans, giving them more utility. Read more...

OpenStreetMap updates still largely manual: can new DeepMapper bridge the gap?

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:10:01 +0000

Researchers have developed new end-to-end machine learning software called DeepMapper. It could remove the need for manual updates to OpenStreetMap by leveraging machine learning technologies. Read more...

Beyond expectations: Groundbreaking gene therapy fully restores hearing in deaf UK toddler

Martin Hodás — Fri, 10 May 2024 07:20:02 +0000

Science and technology have enabled hearing restoration for an 18-month-old toddler who previously couldn't hear a thing. His nearly perfect hearing now serves as a hope for many more children. Read more...

Microsoft's new AI creates super-realistic talking-head deepfakes, and it made Mona Lisa rap

Martin Hodás — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:08:01 +0000

A new AI model by Microsoft Research Asia, VASA-1, can create incredibly realistic deepfakes based only on a single photograph and one voice sample. The model easily beats anything available today. Read more...

OpenAI can clone your voice with little to no input, and it wants to talk about it with you

Martin Hodás — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 05:26:01 +0000

OpenAI's new powerful model can create a realistic clone of your voice based on just 15 seconds of your speech. However, the company hesitates to release the tool amid concerns about its misuse. Read more...

Research: AI tools like ChatGPT Plus and Midjourney are generating fake election images

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:42:01 +0000

Research done on generative AI tools like Midjourney revealed widespread disinformation about U.S. elections. It argued that these platforms are failing to implement policies on misinformation. Read more...

One of OpenAI founders quits again, denies any behind-scene-drama

Martin Hodás — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:44:01 +0000

Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI, has officially left the company. It marks his second departure after he spent several years at Tesla leading the development of the Autopilot software. Read more...

£22 million funding to give boost to UK semiconductor R&D

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:42:11 +0000

The UK government has invested a total of £22 million in two research hubs to turn research into business realities. The government hopes that this investment will put the UK ahead in semiconductors. Read more...

Tech & science of Mars colonization are jokingly trivial to solve, ex-NASA scientist argues

Martin Hodás — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:14:01 +0000

Technical and environmental challenges of deep space exploration are difficult, but not unsolvable. The real barrier between mankind and Mars is the level of commitment from relevant stakeholders. Read more...

Research shows 49% of teens and adults log on to social media to communicate every day

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:28:01 +0000

Research done on the impact of social media on relationships of teens and young adults has highlighted a high user satisfaction when it comes to maintaining relationships among other findings. Read more...

Stanford study shows smartphones could predict when a person is drunk with 98% accuracy

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:04:01 +0000

A small study done at Stanford University concluded that sensors in smartphones can predict when a person is intoxicated with 98% accuracy by looking at the person's voice patterns. Read more...

Twitter gives academics 30 days to delete Twitter data or pay $42,000 a month for API access

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 26 May 2023 16:16:01 +0000

Twitter has recently been on a spree where it is asking companies and parties to pay more and more for access to APIs. Now, researchers with access to Decahose are being targeted to pay $42K a month. Read more...

Google expands its AI-powered Flood Hub to 80 countries

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 May 2023 17:36:01 +0000

Google has expanded its Flood Hub project to cover 80 countries. The tool also provides 7-day forecasts now instead of 48-hour forecasts. This can give communities more time to prepare for floods. Read more...

MIT researchers build AI system that can model the world using sound in latest breakthrough

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:30:01 +0000

Researchers at MIT have developed a fascinating machine learning model that leverages sound to accurately map an environment and also determine the acoustics of the room at different locations. Read more...

Samsung starts building a new semiconductor R&D complex in Giheung

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:42:01 +0000

Samsung has started building a new research and development facility in Giheung, south of the capital Seoul. The company hopes to use the facility to extend its position in the semiconductor sector. Read more...

Amazon is opening a new Quantum Networking Research Center

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:12:02 +0000

Amazon is opening the AWS Center for Quantum Networking for developing technologies relating to Quantum Computing and Networks for enhanced global communications with privacy and security. Read more...

Samsung makes breakthrough in MRAM ‘brain-mimicking' technology

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:20:01 +0000

Samsung has made a breakthrough in increasing the resistivity of MRAM. This makes it a more viable option for in-memory processing and could be used in next-generation artificial intelligence chips. Read more...

Research suggests quite a number of people would like to be paid in bitcoin

Paul Hill — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:34:01 +0000

A new survey from Paysafe suggests that many people who hold cryptocurrencies would like to be paid in blockchain-based digital assets. Many responders also believe everyone will own crypto soon. Read more...

Clarity: D-Wave's guiding light for its future in quantum computing

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:40:04 +0000

Today, D-Wave unveiled Clarity, its roadmap for the years ahead. Improving current hardware and services, debuting gate-model quantum computers, and quantum annealing will be the centerpieces. Read more...

NYU Ad Observatory will testify against Facebook in U.S. Congress hearing today

Usama Jawad — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:56:02 +0000

Supported by Mozilla, the NYU Ad Observatory will testify in Congress today, emphasizing the need for better laws for researchers. Its study on political ads was banned by Facebook over a month ago. Read more...

Microsoft releases first SimuLand dataset publicly to facilitate security research

Usama Jawad — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the release of the first public dataset from its open-source SimuLand initiative. The telemetry and logging data can be used to facilitate security research in organizations. Read more...

Mozilla calls out Facebook for its "counterproductive" approach to research

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:16:01 +0000

In a statement to Neowin, Mozilla has called out Facebook for its counterintuitive approach to research, saying that the NYU Ad Observatory did not deserve to be banned from the platform. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Rigetti unveils the world's first multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computers

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 06:14:01 +0000

Rigetti has introduced a novel modular chip design that will help scale up quantum computers. The chip will feature in an 80-qubit quantum computer that will be revealed by the end of this year. Read more...

AI won't be taking up software engineering jobs any time soon, but it's getting there

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:00:01 +0000

In a paper, researchers test the best language models (GPT-2/3/Neo) at solving programming questions from coding interviews. Results aren't particularly groundbreaking but show potential. Read more...

OpenAI's diffusion models beat GANs at what they do best

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 16 May 2021 08:22:02 +0000

OpenAI's improvements to contemporary diffusion models see them beat the state-of-the-art generative adversarial networks (GANs) in both conditional and unconditional image generation tasks. Read more...

Intel and QuTech's Horse Ridge highlights key progress towards scalable quantum computers

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 14 May 2021 07:18:01 +0000

Using Horse Ridge, a control chip for quantum computers, researchers demonstrated frequency multiplexing on two qubits using the same wire and reported 99.7% fidelity in randomized benchmarking. Read more...

New research shows that near-term quantum computers can learn to reason

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:18:01 +0000

Cambridge Quantum Computing has demonstrated Variational Inference on quantum computers for the first time. Results are encouraging, indicating a promising new approach in quantum machine learning. Read more...