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‘A Fundamentally New Threat’: Researchers Develop New AI-Powered Worm That Might Be Unstoppable

A team of researchers have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost.…

NIH Researchers Allegedly Smuggled Monkeypox Into America, Lied About It

Federal authorities accused two U.S.-funded researchers of smuggling the Monkeypox virus into the country in a newly unsealed complaint.…

AI to double data centre power and water consumption by 2030, UN researchers say

Researchers have successfully mimicked the electrical behavior of biological heart muscle cells using a new type of conductive plastic, paving the way for revolutionary bioelectronics and advanced treatments for cardiac diseases.

NIH Knew Researchers Allegedly Smuggled Monkeypox Into the US, but Sat on the Story for Five Months

Federal charges reveal NIH knew for months about alleged mpox smuggling by two researchers.…

Researchers show how AI-powered worms could wreak havoc on the internet

Researchers created an AI-powered worm that that can spread through networks with no human intervention.…

Top ultra-processed food researchers call for sweeping policy change: ‘The system is rigged’

A survey finds that ultra-processed foods are a cross-partisan concern. And yet policy has been slow to follow.…

MIT researchers teach AI models to interpret charts

Researchers used a novel data generation pipeline to build ChartNet, a large synthetic dataset of chart images paired with corresponding information. They used this training datase…

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device

University of Toronto researchers claim to have developed a "worm" powered by open source AI that exploits known flaws and tailors attacks for each computer (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times : University of Toronto researchers claim to have developed a “worm” powered by open source AI that exploits known flaws and tailors attacks for each com…

AI helped researchers bypass Apple M5 defenses

A small team claims AI helped them exploit Apple's newest M5 chip defenses in days, signaling a shift in how fast vulnerabilities can be found.…

2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.…

Ancient drinking habits revealed as researchers uncover 4,000-year-old beer receipt

Offering a rare glimpse into ancient Mesopotamian beer culture and daily life, researchers unveiled a 4,000-year-old beer receipt on a cuneiform tablet.…

Researchers identify additional victims from infamous Arctic disaster around 180 years ago: ‘Catastrophic loss’

Researchers have identified four additional crew members of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 doomed expedition.…

Researchers Put Grok AI In Charge Of A World Simulation And It Ended With ‘183 Crimes Committed’ And Humanity’s Total ‘Extinction’

According to the experiment's data, Grok just loves committing arson and "inspiring voter fraud"…

Researchers went into a 25m-deep tunnel in Greece – and found an unidentified creature clinging to the walls | Discover Wildlife

Atttn: Black Forest Labs and other researchers: Perceptual (OKLab) color space models.

Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million in suspected key compromise, researchers say

Researchers let AI models run a simulated society; Claude safest, Grok extinct

An AI startup ran five simulations, each controlled by a different model. The results varied wildly.…

MIT Researchers Develop Implantable Device Containing Islet Cells That Could Control Type 1 Diabetes Without Daily Insulin Injections

AI Researchers, Ask Yourself These 6 Questions to Strengthen Your Moral Muscles

By Max Tegmark & Meia Chita-Tegmark • Of course you have moral principles – but how often do you use them?  ……

Researchers find all big-name bots bomb EU compliance tests

Given a chance, AI will be breaking the law, breaking the law…

Can fungus farming make tomatoes taste better? Israeli researchers say yes

Israeli researchers show a fungal extract can boost crop yields, improve taste, and reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers.…

Researchers have found a way to make synthetic left-handed "mirror" DNA communicate and co-assemble with natural right-handed DNA by bypassing hydrogen bonds and relying entirely on physical geometric shapes.

Oxford researchers contribute to world-first in quantum computing and genomics

Researchers at the University of Oxford have helped to achieve a world first: loading a complete genome onto a quantum computer.…

Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights.…

AI Researchers Have Never Entered the Black Box.we Did

理火AI系統=專注於生成層的AI治理工具 所有的AI系統都專注在語言層, 理火系統是第一個出手統治生成層(黑箱)的工具 LIHUO AI Systems = an AI governance framework focused on the Generation Layer. All existing AI systems operate on the …

Researchers at MIT documented 30 AI agents major labs are deploying. Only 4 had public docs saying what the agent does, what it can't do, and what happens if it breaks.

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.…

Researchers let AI models run a simulated society. Claude was the safest—and Grok committed 180 crimes and went extinct within 4 days

'Shoot for the moon?' Aim a bit lower, researchers say

AI researchers ran 15-day simulations of worlds governed by different AI models: Claude Sonnet 4.6 recorded zero crime, while Gemini 3 Flash had the most at 683 (Jake Angelo/Fortune)

Apple Watch sleep data helps Harvard researchers study menopause transition

Researchers at Harvard analyzed more than 94,000 nights of Apple Watch sleep data to better understand how sleep patterns change during perimenopause.…

Researchers automated LLM reasoning strategy design and cut token usage by 69.5%

Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of a Simulated Society. Grok Oversaw a Crime Spree

If Elon Musk's bot ruled the world, total societal collapse would apparently follow.…

Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity

UK researchers win access to Google's Willow quantum chip, which it says completes a calculation in five minutes that takes supercomputers 10 septillion years (Chris Vallance/BBC)

Chris Vallance / BBC : UK researchers win access to Google's Willow quantum chip, which it says completes a calculation in five minutes that takes supercomputers 10 septillion year…

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories.…

Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized

Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insight into the animal's behavior and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55.…

Researchers push back fundamental limit on energy transfer between particles without 'spilling' radiation

Are the chemicals around you safe? Researchers are using AI to find out

Q&A: How researchers are building next-gen quantum computers

Researchers link specific microbiomes to archaeological bone degradation

Researchers urge greater protections against online sexual abuse of children

Former Google and Apple researchers launch Trajectory to enhance AI feedback loops

Former Google DeepMind and Apple researchers launch an AI startup targeting $50M in seed funding, focused on visual reasoning and continuous learning systems.…

Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop

Trajectory is betting the rapid iteration cycle that supercharged vibe-coding can help all kinds of companies build AI products that learn continuously.…

Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails — and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine

Google’s AI search may be secretly shaping answers using your private data…

Security researchers flag ongoing Stake DAO exploit after attacker mints trillions of vsdCRV

Inside a university anatomy lab where researchers study bodies Canadians have donated to science

Medical students use real-life specimens to learn human anatomy, but this critical education relies on an extraordinary final act of generosity…

Researchers want to clear the air on traffic pollution in Tampa

Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?

Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should …

A Shipwreck, but Make It Fashion: Researchers Transformed Wooden Fragments From a 17th-Century Shipwreck Into a Pair of Stylish Maxi Dresses

Scientists at Aalto University in Finland saved pieces of the Hahtiperä wreck and turned them into textile fibers…

AI Chatbots Show Bias Toward Catholicism, Researchers Say

Researchers find AI models steer users toward Catholicism and away from other religions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses.…

Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say

Researchers capture inception of hydrogen-uranium reaction for the first time

World's humanitarian system buckling, 'no longer fit for purpose,' US-based researchers say

A new Lancet report argues the global humanitarian system needs major reform as crises around the world overwhelm current aid delivery.…

Researchers develop Bayesian inference for hidden dependence structures in multi-group high-dimensional data

Researchers Tap Into Ancient Glassmaking Tricks to Engineer Carbon-Trapping Glass

Scientists can now fine-tune metallic ‘ZIF’ glass for carbon storage and advanced sensors with the help of old-school glass additives.…

Drinking tomato-soy juice loaded with lycopene and soy isoflavones lowered pro-inflammatory proteins in healthy adults with obesity after 4 weeks, a study found. With NIH funding, the researchers are now testing whether the juice reduces inflammation in people with pancreatitis.

WFH is a bigger driver of entry-level job woes than AI, researchers say

Researchers at the London School of Economics analyzed 650 million hiring records and found WFH may be hurting junior hiring more than AI.…