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We can now say pretty definitively that AI progress is well ahead of expectations from a few years ago. In 2022, the Forecasting Research Institute had super forecasters & experts to predict AI progress. They gave a 2.3% & 8.6% probability of an AI Math Olympiad gold by 2025… https://x.com/emollick/status/1962859757674344823
AI stethoscope can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds – BHF https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2025/august/ai-stethoscope-can-detect-three-heart-conditions-in-15-seconds
Notebook LM Rolling out NEW audio overview formats:
(Default) Deep Dive: a thorough examination of your sources
Brief: 1-2 minute, bite-sized overviews
Critique: an expert review, offering constructive feedback on your material
Debate: a thoughtful debate between two hosts https://x.com/NotebookLM/status/1962949985546187120
Really excited about this new AI research that’s pushing the boundaries of what’s currently possible in astrophysics. 🌌”” / X https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/1963668228481159371
Using AI to advance our understanding of fundamental physics is the dream. Excited to see our latest AI model ‘Deep Loop Shaping’ help @LIGO and @Caltech detect the gravitational waves of intermediate-mass black holes better! Published in @ScienceMagazine”” / X https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1963795824854335528
We’re helping to unlock the mysteries of the universe with AI. 🌌 Our novel Deep Loop Shaping method published in @ScienceMagazine could help astronomers observe more events like collisions and mergers of black holes in greater detail, and gather more data about rare space https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1963664018515849285
💥 I’m starting something new inside OpenAI! It’s called OpenAI for Science, and the goal is to build the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery.”” / X https://x.com/kevinweil/status/1962938974260904421
A 14B model just beat a 671B model on math reasoning. Here’s how Microsoft’s rStar2-Agent achieves frontier math performance in 1 week of RL training
https://x.com/FrankYouChill/status/1962180218053144655
Cool research from Microsoft! They release rStar2-Agent, a 14B math reasoning models trained with agentic RL. It reaches frontier-level math reasoning in just 510 RL training steps. Here are my notes: https://x.com/omarsar0/status/1964045125115662847
rStar2-Agent: Agentic Reasoning Technical Report “”We introduce rStar2-Agent, a 14B math reasoning model trained with agentic reinforcement learning to achieve frontier-level performance.”” “”three key innovations that makes agentic RL effective at scale: (i) an efficient RL https://x.com/iScienceLuvr/status/1962798181059817480
Interested in building and benchmarking deep research systems? Excited to introduce DeepScholar-Bench, a live benchmark for generative research synthesis, from our team at Stanford and Berkeley! 🏆Live Leaderboard https://x.com/lianapatel_/status/1961487232331911651
What if we could use the entire planet’s atmosphere as a sensor? DARPA: “let’s blow stuff up in New Mexico and see what happens.” *detonates test bombs* DARPA: “wait… why are we detecting a SpaceX rocket launch 1000+ miles away?” it worked TOO well. AtmoSense has cracked https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1960905069638877536
University of Waterloo researchers develop robots to directly treat kidney stones – The Robot Report https://www.therobotreport.com/university-waterloo-researchers-develop-robots-directly-treat-kidney-stones/
AI co-pilot boosts noninvasive brain-computer interface by interpreting user intent | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1096148
Really glad to have been a part of this project! Our goal with STREAM was to create a clear reporting standard so that ‘peer review’ for ChemBio evals can actually happen. This is just a first attempt, but I’m happy with it so far. Great summary below!”” / X https://x.com/jide_alaga/status/1962923611850674379
Bird-inspired drones could be key to navigating through dense cities and offshore wind farms | University of Surrey https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/bird-inspired-drones-could-be-key-navigating-through-dense-cities-and-offshore-wind-farms
Replicate Bioscience Announces Partnership with Novo Nordisk to Unlock Self-Replicating RNA Therapies for Obesity and Diabetes https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/replicate-bioscience-announces-partnership-with-novo-nordisk-to-unlock-self-replicating-rna-therapies-for-obesity-and-diabetes-302540245.html
Scientists grow lab-made human skin with blood vessels and follicles https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/world-first-human-skin-grown-queensland
Self-morphing, wing-like feet enhance surface maneuverability of water striders and robots | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1094962
How can we verify that AI ChemBio safety tests were properly run? Today we’re launching STREAM: a checklist for more transparent eval results. I read a lot of model reports. Often they miss important details, like human baselines. STREAM helps make peer review more systematic. https://x.com/lucafrighetti/status/1962909265091592276
Exelixis Lays Off 130 as Pennsylvania Site Closes Down – BioSpace https://www.biospace.com/business/exelixis-lays-off-130-as-pennsylvania-site-closes-down
