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Insilico Medicine and SK Biopharmaceuticals forge $2.5 billion AI drug discovery partnership

Insilico Medicine has partnered with South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals in a deal worth over $2.5 billion to develop AI-driven neuroimmune therapies. The collaboration combines Insilico's Pharma.AI platform with SK's clinical expertise to accelerate treatments for central nervous system disorders, marking Insilico's largest Asia-Pacific partnership to date.

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Insilico Medicine and SK Biopharmaceuticals forge $2.5 billion AI drug discovery partnership

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Bayer partners with Iambic Therapeutics to accelerate drug discovery using AI technology

Bayer AG has announced a collaboration with Iambic Therapeutics to develop small molecule medicines using AI-driven platforms including Enchant and NeuralPLexer technologies. The partnership aims to tackle difficult-to-drug targets and reduce the traditional 10-15 year drug discovery timeline that costs approximately $2.6 billion with over 90% clinical trial failure rates.

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Bayer partners with Iambic Therapeutics to accelerate drug discovery using AI technology

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Microsoft researcher builds goat-powered neural network in Age of Empires II to challenge LLM consciousness

A Microsoft AI researcher constructed a functioning neural network inside Age of Empires II using goats, grass, and bridges to illustrate the absurdity of assuming LLMs possess human-like consciousness. Adrian de Wynter's experiment demonstrates that over 57% of recent computer science papers incorrectly assume chatbots have anthropomorphic traits without proper experimental protocols.

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Microsoft researcher builds goat-powered neural network in Age of Empires II to challenge LLM consciousness

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GPT-5.6 stealth tests suggest OpenAI's new AI model brings stronger reasoning but slower speeds

Users across social media report ChatGPT suddenly got smarter this week, sparking speculation that OpenAI is quietly testing GPT-5.6 inside its platform. The suspected new AI model shows stronger reasoning capabilities and advanced 3D generation, but takes significantly longer to process complex tasks—up to 87 minutes compared to GPT-5.5's 34 minutes in some tests.

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GPT-5.6 stealth tests suggest OpenAI's new AI model brings stronger reasoning but slower speeds

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AI discovers hidden antibiotic candidates inside prion proteins linked to brain diseases

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used AI to uncover a surprising source of antibiotics: prion proteins known for causing fatal brain diseases. The deep-learning platform identified over 1,000 antimicrobial peptides called prionins, with dozens showing strong activity against drug-resistant bacteria in lab and mouse tests.

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AI discovers hidden antibiotic candidates inside prion proteins linked to brain diseases

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NASA's ERNEST rover travels 16 miles autonomously, reaching speeds 10x faster than Perseverance

NASA tested ERNEST, a compact four-wheeled prototype rover, across 16 miles of California desert terrain with minimal human intervention. The next-generation rover prototype achieved speeds up to 0.6 mph—ten times faster than current Mars rovers—while demonstrating advanced robotic autonomy and the ability to lift its wheels over obstacles that would stop Curiosity and Perseverance.

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NASA's ERNEST rover travels 16 miles autonomously, reaching speeds 10x faster than Perseverance

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Hexaware invests £25M in UK expansion, creating 1,200 jobs in AI and quantum computing

Hexaware Technologies is investing £25 million to expand its UK operations, creating around 1,200 jobs in AI, digital services, and quantum computing. The Carlyle-backed firm will establish new R&D centers in Manchester and Leeds while expanding its Birmingham delivery center over the next three to five years. The investment was recognized at the G7 Summit as part of the UK government's AI and clean energy agenda.

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Hexaware invests £25M in UK expansion, creating 1,200 jobs in AI and quantum computing

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Deep learning identifies promising antibiotic candidates against drug-resistant gonorrhea

Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute used deep learning to screen 6 million compounds and identified two promising candidates against multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The lead compound, called A1, targets alanine racemase, an enzyme critical for bacterial cell wall formation. The study marks the first use of Organ Chip technology for antibiotic preclinical testing, offering a faster validation pipeline.

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Deep learning identifies promising antibiotic candidates against drug-resistant gonorrhea

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XDOF raises $70 million to solve AI robotics' dirty data problem as labs race to build physical AI

XDOF emerged from stealth with $70 million to tackle what may be AI robotics' biggest obstacle: the lack of quality training data. Unlike language models trained on internet text, robots need data capturing physical interactions—and that barely exists. The startup is building data pipelines and teleoperation systems that frontier labs are already using, while releasing the largest open-source robot manipulation dataset to date.

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XDOF raises $70 million to solve AI robotics' dirty data problem as labs race to build physical AI

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Nvidia ENPIRE lets AI coding agents train robots to install GPUs and master precision tasks

Nvidia's GEAR lab has developed ENPIRE, an agent harness framework that enables AI coding agents to autonomously direct robot training without human supervision. The system achieved 99% success rates on tasks like GPU installation and pin insertion, with eight-robot teams completing training in just two hours.

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Nvidia ENPIRE lets AI coding agents train robots to install GPUs and master precision tasks

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AI analyzes retinal photos to predict Alzheimer's disease risk decades before symptoms appear

University of Florida researchers trained machine learning models on retinal photographs from over 40,000 patients to identify early Alzheimer's disease risk factors. The AI-powered analysis detected biological and lifestyle indicators like blood pressure, smoking, and insomnia by examining the retina's arteries and optic nerve, offering a low-cost alternative to expensive brain scans.

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AI analyzes retinal photos to predict Alzheimer's disease risk decades before symptoms appear

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Brain-Computer Interface and AI Let Speechless ALS Patient Speak and Work Full-Time

A UC Davis brain-computer interface has enabled Casey Harrell, a paralyzed ALS patient, to communicate independently for over 3,800 hours across two years with 99% accuracy in controlled tests. Using AI-driven speech synthesis, the BCI implant translates neural activity into speech, allowing him to work full-time as an environmental advocate and have conversations with his daughter who's never heard his voice.

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Brain-Computer Interface and AI Let Speechless ALS Patient Speak and Work Full-Time

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AI-powered deep brain stimulation adapts in real time to improve gait in Parkinson's disease

Researchers have developed adaptive deep brain stimulation that adjusts electrical pulses in real time based on patient movement. The system uses machine learning to decode brain signals during walking, standing, and obstacle navigation, delivering personalized neuromodulation that improves walking in Parkinson's patients where conventional therapies fall short.

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AI-powered deep brain stimulation adapts in real time to improve gait in Parkinson's disease

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Meta AI Unit Faces Revolt as Engineers Call Forced Transfers and Data-Labeling Work 'The Gulag'

Meta's three-month-old Applied AI team of 6,500 engineers is in turmoil after forced reassignments to data-labeling tasks sparked widespread employee dissatisfaction. An expletive-laden outburst during a company livestream highlighted the crisis, prompting Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth to acknowledge mistakes in the AI reorganization that has left morale at near-record lows.

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Meta AI Unit Faces Revolt as Engineers Call Forced Transfers and Data-Labeling Work 'The Gulag'

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Google DeepMind's TacticAI predicts football plays 8 seconds ahead, Palmeiras uses it first

Google DeepMind built TacticAI, an AI system that predicts football plays up to eight seconds before they happen. Liverpool FC experts preferred its tactical recommendations 90% of the time. Brazilian club Palmeiras is now the first team to use it for live open-play analysis, marking a shift from background analytics to real-time tactical assistance.

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Google DeepMind's TacticAI predicts football plays 8 seconds ahead, Palmeiras uses it first

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