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Over 200 Economists Warn AI Economic Impact Could Eclipse Industrial Revolution in Just Years

More than 200 economists, including 16 Nobel laureates and chief economists from OpenAI and Anthropic, have signed a statement urging immediate action on AI's economic impact. The group warns that artificial intelligence could drive an unprecedented economic transformation larger than the Industrial Revolution but unfolding in just a few years rather than decades, raising urgent concerns about large-scale job displacement and the need for regulatory guardrails.

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Over 200 Economists Warn AI Economic Impact Could Eclipse Industrial Revolution in Just Years

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OpenAI head of safety Johannes Heidecke exits as company merges AI safety with research teams

Johannes Heidecke, OpenAI's head of safety systems, is leaving the company following an internal restructuring that integrates safety and research teams under a single leader. The reorganization places safety teams under VP of Research and Safety Mia Glaese, marking the latest in a series of executive departures from the AI company's safety leadership.

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OpenAI head of safety Johannes Heidecke exits as company merges AI safety with research teams

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Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi leaves Berkeley to lead China's AI materials institute

Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has left the University of California, Berkeley, to head a new AI institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The move comes as the Trump administration disrupts US science funding while China invests heavily to attract international talent for AI-driven materials research.

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Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi leaves Berkeley to lead China's AI materials institute

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Stanford's Biomni AI agent autonomously handles complex biomedical research across 10,000+ labs

Stanford researchers unveiled Biomni, an AI agent that autonomously executes biomedical research tasks from hypothesis formation to experimental design. Already deployed in over 10,000 labs, it represents the most widely used AI co-scientist system in biomedicine, completing in 40 minutes what would take researchers 60+ hours.

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Stanford's Biomni AI agent autonomously handles complex biomedical research across 10,000+ labs

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Quantum computing models tritium production, advancing nuclear fusion reactor designs

Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM, and Cleveland Clinic used quantum computing to model FLiBe, a molten salt critical for tritium production in fusion reactors. This marks the first quantum computations of fusion material, combining quantum processors with AI and supercomputers to solve problems beyond classical computing capabilities. The breakthrough could accelerate clean energy solutions by addressing tritium scarcity, one of fusion energy's biggest obstacles.

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Quantum computing models tritium production, advancing nuclear fusion reactor designs

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Mindbeam AI uses generative AI to hunt for safer pain meds, tackling acetaminophen toxicity

NVIDIA-backed Mindbeam AI published research showing how generative AI can accelerate drug discovery for safer pain medications. The company evaluated 24 drug candidates targeting the TRPV1 receptor and identified three promising compounds with improved predicted liver safety compared to acetaminophen, which causes roughly half of acute liver failure cases in the U.S.

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Mindbeam AI uses generative AI to hunt for safer pain meds, tackling acetaminophen toxicity

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Large language models can predict social science experiments but can't replace human insight

A Harvard study reveals GPT-4 can forecast outcomes of social science experiments involving nearly 120,000 participants with surprising accuracy. While large language models show promise for predicting human behavior in surveys, researchers warn that synthetic respondents aren't substitutes for real people and may create illusions of understanding without genuine insight into cognitive processes.

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Large language models can predict social science experiments but can't replace human insight

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Nomagic deploys AI brain in warehouse robots, halves human intervention in live operations

Warsaw-based Nomagic has deployed a vision-language-action model into live warehouse operations with paying customers, cutting robot-caused human interventions by roughly half. The company's new AI lab, led by former Google DeepMind researcher Markus Wulfmeier, is pursuing task-specific mastery before generality—a stark contrast to the industry's race toward general-purpose robot brains.

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Nomagic deploys AI brain in warehouse robots, halves human intervention in live operations

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ChemGraph AI framework automates chemistry simulations to accelerate battery and materials research

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory developed ChemGraph, an open-source AI framework that automates computational chemistry workflows using large language models and agent-based automation. Built on the Aurora exascale supercomputer, the framework allows scientists to describe research problems in plain language while AI agents handle complex simulation tasks, potentially accelerating battery development, combustion research, and critical material extraction.

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ChemGraph AI framework automates chemistry simulations to accelerate battery and materials research

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AI model reveals hidden multiple sclerosis brain lesions clinicians couldn't see before

Researchers at University at Buffalo developed an AI model that can detect previously invisible brain lesions in multiple sclerosis patients by analyzing existing MRI scans. The breakthrough reveals cortical lesions in gray matter that have been linked to disease progression and cognitive impairment for decades but remained hidden on conventional imaging. The AI exposed over 11,000 lesions across more than 700 patients in clinical trial data.

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AI model reveals hidden multiple sclerosis brain lesions clinicians couldn't see before

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British Biotech Startup Mass Balance Launches Autonomous Space Laboratory to Unlock AI Drug Discovery

London-based Mass Balance launched its first autonomous laboratory in orbit aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to study disease-causing proteins under microgravity. The grapefruit-sized MB-X1 experiment could generate crucial data to train AI models for developing treatments against previously undruggable conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The mission marks a significant step in using space as a research environment for longevity research.

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British Biotech Startup Mass Balance Launches Autonomous Space Laboratory to Unlock AI Drug Discovery

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Bespoke Labs raises $40M to build training environments that make AI agents reliable

Bespoke Labs has secured $40 million from Wing VC, 8VC, and angels at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta to build simulated environments where AI agents learn complex, real-world tasks. The startup's approach focuses on creating better training grounds rather than bigger models to help agents handle long, messy workflows that span hours or days.

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Bespoke Labs raises $40M to build training environments that make AI agents reliable

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AI-Driven Drug Discovery Accelerates Search for Tuberculosis Drugs Against World's Deadliest Infection

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed PAC-MAN and MycoPermeNet, combining high-throughput screening with machine learning to identify tuberculosis drugs that can penetrate Mycobacterium tuberculosis' notoriously impenetrable outer membrane. The breakthrough could transform treatment for an infection that killed 1.23 million people in 2024.

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AI-Driven Drug Discovery Accelerates Search for Tuberculosis Drugs Against World's Deadliest Infection

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UC San Diego launches Institute for Applied Health Intelligence to transform AI in healthcare

UC San Diego has established the Institute for Applied Health Intelligence, a multidisciplinary hub designed to accelerate AI in healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes. The institute will unite more than 50 faculty members and train 750 professionals to bridge research and clinical practice through health intelligence and data-driven solutions.

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UC San Diego launches Institute for Applied Health Intelligence to transform AI in healthcare

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AI Companies Are Hiring Philosophy Graduates to Solve Their Biggest Problems

Philosophy graduates are finding unexpected career paths in the AI industry, where their training in consciousness, ethics, and reasoning helps tackle critical challenges. From AI safety and alignment to machine consciousness and AI hallucinations, philosophers are applying centuries-old analytical methods to cutting-edge technology problems at companies like Google DeepMind and OpenAI.

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AI Companies Are Hiring Philosophy Graduates to Solve Their Biggest Problems

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