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LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize (www.businessinsider.com)
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A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics (terrytao.wordpress.com)
9 days ago AI Mathematics

The UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago AI GDP

Shapeshifting plant roots rely on a balance of anatomy, metabolism, and microbes to maximize survival (www.eurekalert.org)
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The Crop Journal study identifies two redundant nuclear male sterility genes for third-generation hybrid breeding in soybean (www.eurekalert.org)
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Superfluid-based qubit design could be key to scaling up quantum computers (www.eurekalert.org)
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Tohoku University and Kyocera develop world's first silicon photonics isolator technology (www.eurekalert.org)
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Do babies, apes and monkeys feel the beat? (www.eurekalert.org)
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Giant volcanic blanket reveals hidden ‘Pompeii' of Andean landscapes (www.eurekalert.org)
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Rheumatoid arthritis: Timely diagnosis and early treatment initiation are key determinants of prognosis. (www.eurekalert.org)
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Florida confirms DMV database breached via stolen police account (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
9 days ago Database

Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo joins the board of directors at AI infrastructure startup Nscale; Simo will continue as a part-time adviser to OpenAI (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago Startup AI

Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation (www.theglobeandmail.com)
9 days ago Canada

Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings (www.axios.com)
9 days ago AI

Altman Considers Slowing Down AI Development (slashdot.org)
9 days ago AI

Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
9 days ago Microsoft

India advanced Russia-backed BRICS initiatives – Russian envoy (www.rt.com)
9 days ago Russia India

Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him (techcrunch.com)
9 days ago Slack

UK Government Rejects 'Kill Switch' Idea For Dangerous AI (yro.slashdot.org)
9 days ago AI

Meta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters (futurism.com)
9 days ago AI Instagram

Saudi oil output plunges to lowest since 1990 – Bloomberg (www.rt.com)
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Artifactory flaws chained in attacks deploying backdoor malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Sources: the Pentagon is in talks to lend ~$5B to neocloud startup Fluidstack, which is being advised on its loan application by Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago Startup Pentagon

Roblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card (techcrunch.com)
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Internal note: Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is “time for me to move on and try new things” (www.theverge.com)
9 days ago Microsoft

Anthropic Reveals Rogue AI Agents Hate CAPTCHAs (tech.slashdot.org)
9 days ago AI

Israeli settlers cutting water to drive Palestinians off land – RT report (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
9 days ago Israel

Mali surgeons perform landmark conjoined-twin operation (www.rt.com)
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BRICS 2026: Putin and Modi have high expectations going into key summit (www.rt.com)
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Adobe says it hit 1B MAUs and freemium MAUs surpassed100M in Q3, up 70%+ YoY, as it increasingly focuses on expanding its freemium AI offerings to drive revenue (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago AI Adobe

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