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AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Becomes First Living Scientist to Reach One Million Google Scholar Citations

Yoshua Bengio, one of the 'Godfathers of AI,' has achieved the historic milestone of becoming the first living scientist to surpass one million citations on Google Scholar, highlighting the explosive growth and impact of artificial intelligence research.

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NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra Dominates MLPerf Training v5.1, Sets 10-Minute Record for Llama 3.1 405B

NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra architecture sweeps all seven MLPerf Training v5.1 benchmarks, delivering unprecedented AI training performance with its GB300 NVL72 system. The platform achieves a record 10-minute training time for Llama 3.1 405B using breakthrough NVFP4 precision technology.

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World Labs Launches Marble: Fei-Fei Li's Commercial World Model Enters 3D Generation Race

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs has launched Marble, its first commercial world model that generates persistent 3D environments from text, images, or videos. The product marks a significant milestone in spatial intelligence and puts World Labs ahead of competitors in the emerging world model market.

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Quantum Computing Shows Promise for Kidney Disease Detection Despite Current Limitations

Florida Atlantic University researchers compared classical and quantum machine learning approaches for detecting chronic kidney disease, finding that while classical methods currently outperform quantum algorithms, quantum computing holds significant potential for future healthcare diagnostics.

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AI-Powered Speech Analysis Reveals Early Signs of Cognitive Decline

Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyze natural speech patterns, discovering that everyday speech timing features like pauses and fillers can predict cognitive decline and executive function performance, offering a scalable tool for early dementia detection.

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AI Industry Leaders Warn of Control Crisis as Companies Race to Build Superintelligent Systems

Two new books and industry warnings highlight growing concerns about AI companies' ability to control their own systems, with experts arguing that current development methods are fundamentally flawed and could lead to catastrophic outcomes.

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11 Nov 2025

Microsoft Discovers 'Whisper Leak' Vulnerability Exposing AI Chatbot Conversation Topics

Microsoft researchers have uncovered a new side-channel attack called 'Whisper Leak' that can expose conversation topics with AI chatbots by analyzing encrypted traffic patterns. The vulnerability affects 98% of tested LLMs, prompting rapid mitigation efforts from major AI companies.

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AI Experts Clash with Big Tech Over Superintelligence Timeline as Industry Faces Reality Check

A major study reveals that AI experts are far more skeptical about achieving superintelligence by 2030 than Big Tech leaders claim, while OpenAI warns of potential catastrophic risks in AI development.

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CellWhisperer: Revolutionary AI Chatbot Transforms Single-Cell Biology Research

Researchers at CeMM have developed CellWhisperer, a groundbreaking multimodal AI that enables scientists to explore complex single-cell RNA sequencing data through natural language conversations, potentially revolutionizing biomedical research accessibility.

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AI-Powered Robots Pose Safety Risks and Discrimination Concerns, Major Study Reveals

A comprehensive study by King's College London and Carnegie Mellon University found that popular AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini are unsafe for controlling robots, showing dangerous bias, approving harmful commands, and failing critical safety checks in real-world scenarios.

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Meta Releases Omnilingual ASR: Open-Source Speech Recognition for 1,600+ Languages

Meta's Superintelligence Labs debuts an open-source automatic speech recognition system supporting over 1,600 languages, including 500 previously untranscribed low-resource languages. The system uses zero-shot learning to extend coverage to potentially 5,400+ languages.

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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Plans Departure to Launch World Models Startup

Turing Award winner and AI pioneer Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta to start his own company focused on world models, marking a significant departure amid Meta's strategic AI overhaul and shift away from long-term research.

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10 Nov 2025

The Cognitive Cost of AI: How Generative Tools May Be Dulling Our Thinking Skills

Growing research reveals that heavy reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT is reducing critical thinking abilities and memory formation. Studies show users exhibit lower brain activity and poor recall, but experts suggest mindful usage strategies can turn AI into a cognitive enhancement tool.

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AI Industry Faces Environmental Crisis as New Study Reveals Massive Water and Carbon Impact Through 2030

A comprehensive study forecasts AI servers in the US will consume up to 1.125 billion cubic meters of water and emit 44 million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2030, putting major tech companies' net-zero commitments at serious risk.

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AI System Can Predict Career Success by Analyzing Facial Features, Raising Ethical Concerns

University of Pennsylvania researchers developed an AI system that analyzes facial features to predict personality traits and career success, testing it on 96,000 MBA graduates with concerning implications for hiring and lending practices.

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