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Former FTC chair Lina Khan has criticised Google's plan to link Search access for US school accounts to AI features, while districts weigh classroom controls ahead of 2027.

OpenAI's Images 2.6 lets ChatGPT users create animated GIFs, reuse saved photos, and edit images faster. Explore the new features and availability. The post ChatGPT Can Now Turn Photos Into Animated GIFs With Images 2.6 appeared first on TechRepublic.

Johns Hopkins researchers searching the expanse of the universe for the existence of the first black holes are zeroing in on little red dots that may hold the key to the theoretical phenomenon.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between Alzheimer’s-related protein buildup, disrupted brain waves during deep sleep, and fading memory. The findings suggest that hidden changes in how the brain processes memories overnight may contribute to age-related memory loss long before Alzheimer’s symptoms appear.

Researchers have proposed a breakthrough technique for reading quantum information without destroying the delicate states that make quantum computers work. By detecting an electrical signal generated by the qubit itself, their method achieved up to 99.85% accuracy in simulations and could make future quantum computers simpler and more efficient.

The Lyagushka ground robotic system has a payload capacity of up to 50 kg, speed of up to 25 km/h, and a communication range of up to 10 km

Researchers in Taiwan say NASA's Artemis II launch disturbed the ionosphere, creating potential GPS errors of several metres, though impacts on vehicles remain unproven.

US leader in deploying humanoid robots goes public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Moonshot AI has sought leasing agreements with neoclouds for advanced chips in Europe, as U.S. export controls restrict their import to China.

Moonshot AI has sought leasing agreements with neoclouds for advanced chips in Europe, as U.S. export controls restrict their import to China.

The UK is preparing for wildfires to get worse, and AI is now a part of the picture.

A handful of food delivery robots from Uber Eats and other platforms have gotten kicked and knocked over in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: Agility Robotics is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq under AGLT after a SPAC merger, the first dedicated humanoid robotics company to go public in the US  —  Agility Robotics Inc. is set to become the first dedicated humanoid company to go public in the US, marking a major milestone …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has spoken out against AI taking over human creativity in video games.

Good morning, and happy Ocarina of Time day to all who celebrate. Oh, and speaking of celebrating: congratulations to the real winners of the midterms, YouTube and Twitch streamers. Inbox is the tech newsletter that goes beyond the news cycle. We cover the most important 9to5Google stories from the last couple of days along with a few highlights from around the web. We publish every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like what you read, please subscribe. more…

Sources told the Financial Times that authorities are concerned about potential data transfers to Japan. Read more: China blocks SoftBank’s $5.4bn ABB robotics unit acquisition

Robots developed by Chinese humanoid maker Unitree Robotics can now paint pictures and play chess without any prior training, relying on frontier AI models to navigate complex physical tasks, according to founder and CEO Wang Xingxing. Speaking on Thursday at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, Wang said Unitree’s machines, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-6, were capable of executing intricate robotic sequences, such as dynamically replacing brush water and blending pigments, guided...

Microsoft has turned down an option to more than double the computing power it rents from Nscale at a data centre in Barstow, Texas, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.The extra capacity could have been worth tens of billions of dollars to the London-based AI cloud company, the FT said, citing people familiar with the matter. The option was […] This story continues at The Next Web

Researchers at the University of Sydney have identified a fundamental mathematical reason why artificial intelligence systems can learn different behaviors even when trained under almost identical conditions, a discovery that could help improve the reliability and trustworthiness of AI technologies.

Microsoft's AI patent application could rewrite words in live broadcasts and alter speakers' lip movements, raising chilling questions about privacy, censorship and trust.

The platform offers users the ability to run 'a team of coding agents' from a Mac, iPhone or the cloud. Read more: Meta acquires AI coding start-up Conductor

Google has said it will switch off its AI tools for schoolchildren by default, after drawing criticism for pushing artificial intelligence features to students while schools are still debating how the technology should be used in classrooms.

ChatGPT’s Images 2.6 update brings GIF animation, 50% faster image generation, and better consistency, letting you turn sketches, mascots, and product shots into fun looping visuals.

A research team led by Professor Ji-Woong Choi of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee), in collaboration with research teams led by Professor Han-Joon Kim of Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Professor Kyong Hwan Jin of Korea University, and Dr. Jong-Cheol Rah of the Korea Brain Research Institute, has developed "NONOS," a deep-learning-based analysis technology that precisely separates "rhythms" from the underlying "background signals" in brain signals with high temporal resolution.

Autonomous machines promise to transform industries, but memory bottlenecks, power constraints, specialized architectures, and safety requirements are forcing chip designers to rethink the entire system. The post Physical AI Pushes The Limits Of Hardware appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Iran's embassy in New Delhi shared an AI-generated video depicting a Trump-like figure being dumped into hazardous waste after Democrats won control of Congress.

Google is adding Gemini to AT&T Connected Life, bringing smarter alerts, automatic arming, 24/7 recording, and searchable video to your home security setup.

Tiny Worlds Beyond Neptune Planet formation models predict a crowd of small icy bodies in the far reaches

AI video moved fast this year. Kling 4.0 shipped in October, Seedance 2.5 went global in July, and

Elon Musk has revived his interest in space-based data centres after US election results heightened political opposition to terrestrial facilities and raised questions about future AI infrastructure expansion.

XBOX Wire: Microsoft previews using smartphones as controllers for Xbox Cloud Gaming on supported smart TVs and direct Wi-Fi cloud gaming support for the Nano Controller  —  Starting today, we're rolling out two previews for XBOX Cloud Gaming.  On supported Smart TVs, you can use your phone as a controller when you don't have one nearby.

Charles Rollet / Business Insider: Source: Meta has decided to stop using fruit for its AI model codenames, as they didn't suit its lofty AI ambitions; its latest model was named “Watermelon”  —  Meta is done with fruits.  —  The social media giant has internally decided to stop naming its AI models after fruit, a person familiar with the matter said.

The system, MAI-DxO, was not only more accurate, but it also spent much less on tests to make its diagnoses. The post Microsoft’s Medical AI Is Over Twice as Good Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors appeared first on SingularityHub.

David Keohane / Financial Times: Sources: China has told SoftBank it will not allow the $5.4B acquisition of ABB's robotics division to go ahead; China is the division's biggest market  —  Swiss-Swedish company's unit is focused on Chinese market and has mega-factory in Pudong  —  China has told SoftBank it will not allow …

Every night, as he fell asleep, a 25-year-old man saw an eye in his ceiling. It was huge and unblinking, and it felt as if the whole world was being sucked into it.

A WIRED investigation links more than 400 apps and websites to AI deepfake abuse, raising questions about Apple, Google, and app-store security reviews. The post Apple and Google Face Scrutiny Over 400 Apps and Websites Linked to AI Deepfakes appeared first on TechRepublic.

Author(s): Susan CurtisUsing sheets of light to corral waves of ultracold atoms, researchers have created an experimental platform for studying the event horizons of black holes. [Physics 19, 149] Published Wed Nov 04, 2026

Emma Roth / The Verge: OpenAI launches Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, saying it generates images 50% faster, and adds animated GIF creation from prompts or photos  —  You can use ChatGPT to edit a GIF's animation speed and individual frames. … ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.

Bloomberg: Sources: Google DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs is in talks to raise ~$5B at a ~$50B valuation; the AI drug discovery startup last raised $2.1B in May  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Isomorphic Labs is in talks to raise roughly $5 billion in new funds to support its efforts to use artificial intelligence …

Reuters: Data center shares fall as investors expect slower AI buildout after Democrats win Congress; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, Applied Digital 7%  —  Wall Street closed sharply higher on Wednesday as Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory eased political uncertainty …

The principle "Work smarter, not harder!" apparently also applies to controlling quantum materials with light. Many of their fascinating properties depend on how the atoms are arranged in the crystal. Ultrashort laser pulses can be used to alter these structures in a targeted way—the light first excites electrons, whose changed energy and dynamics exert forces on the atomic nuclei and can thereby set the atoms in motion. Such processes unfold within femtoseconds, a millionth of a billionth of a second.

The reentry of NASA's dead Swift space telescope is the end of an era for rapid-response space science.

Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new AI technology that can alter what people say during live broadcasts. The technology is designed to automatically identify what is being said and can remove or replace words, as well as adjust the speaker’s mouth movements to match the edited audio, reports Futurism. According to Microsoft, the technology could be used to translate live broadcasts into other languages, remove filler words, and correct slip-ups. It would also be possible to customize the system to individual viewers’ preferences and, for example, remove profanity, offensive language, or certain phrases. Microsoft states that the technology could be used for lectures, award ceremonies, sporting events, and live TV programs, among other things. It is also possible to save the original recordings as

Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps fill gaps in brain wiring maps made with diffusion MRI, a type of scan that traces the brain's nerve fiber pathways. This could help researchers study how key brain connections change with aging and disease.

One of NASA's premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe's biggest explosions.

Apple cut the daily AI spending cap for some engineers from $300 to $200 last month and plans further cuts, Bloomberg reports. It comes as CEO John Ternus pushes for a leaner Apple, while the company’s R&D costs rose 32% on AI and infrastructure. Apple has cut how much some engineers can spend on AI […] This story continues at The Next Web

When Siri AI launched in iOS 27 earlier this fall, Apple used a waitlist to gate access. But a newly updated support document says the waitlist is no longer being used, except in “high demand” times. more…

Bloomberg reports that Apple has begun reducing employees’ daily AI spending limits, with some engineers seeing their allowances cut from $300 to $200, and further reductions planned across multiple teams. Here are the details. more…

Google is tying up AI Overviews with traditional search, angering parents and educators who worry that easy, machine-generated answers are leaving kids less capable.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple cut some engineers' daily AI spending cap to $200 from $300 and plans cuts to as little as $100, as cost cutting stokes staff fears of layoffs  —  Apple Inc. is reducing employee budgets for artificial intelligence usage as part of a cost-cutting effort, even as the company seeks …

Currently, just 20% of Teslas registered in South Korea can legally use FSD because they're built in the U.S., while the rest are made in China.

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is characterized by hepatocellular injury, oxidative stress, inflammation, and extracellular matrix remodeling, yet effective therapies remain limited.

OpenAI is adding animated GIFs to ChatGPT with a new image model, Images 2.6. Users can make a GIF from text or a photo and edit its frames. Developers get two new API models, and OpenAI says people now make over 4 billion images a week. OpenAI is rolling out animated GIFs in ChatGPT alongside […] This story continues at The Next Web

By modeling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tiny movements, a new technique can reveal up to 15 times fainter alien worlds

The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this year

Pangram launched Pangram Image 1.0 for AI images and the faster Image Flash 1.0 for video. It claims near-perfect scores on its own tests and 98.7% on the DF26 academic benchmark. Both are in its web app and API, and Image 1.0 is in its Chrome extension. Pangram, a New York startup known for spotting […] This story continues at The Next Web

Madison Mills / Axios: Meta acquires Conductor, which lets developers run multiple AI coding agents in parallel; CEO Charlie Holtz says the team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs  —  Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets software engineers manage multiple coding agents simultaneously …

Mount Kilimanjaro is warming in some places and cooling in others, according to a new study by the University of Portsmouth, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B discusses a targeted nanoimmunotherapy designed to restore macrophage clearance of dying cells, promote an anti-inflammatory phenotype, and reduce atherosclerotic plaque burden in mice.

A new rat study reports that chitosan-coated selenium nanoparticles carrying Mucuna pruriens seed extract improved motor function, antioxidant levels, and brain tissue changes in a reserpine-induced Parkinson's model.

Pangram Image 1.0, which was previously available as a research preview, is now widely available on the web, through the company’s API, and via its eponymous Chrome extension.

Aformic, which makes self-driving forklifts and carts for factories, raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has more than $34M in orders and plans new robots for building and maintaining AI data centres. Industrial robotics startup Aformic has raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital, the […] This story continues at The Next Web

Isaac Kasahara / Pangram: Pangram debuts Pangram Image 1.0, which it says is state-of-the-art in AI image and AI video detection, and Image Flash 1.0, which powers its AI video detection  —  State-of-the-art AI image and video detection with our latest Pangram Image models. … A few months ago, we released Pangram Image as a research preview.

An interpretable pathomics framework predicted BRAF V600E status in papillary thyroid carcinoma from routine Wright-stained cytology slides, reaching an AUC of 0.925 on pooled independent test data across two centers.

Google's new school AI controls could affect student Search access. Here's what administrators need to know about Gemini, Guided Learning, and the 2027 rollout. The post Google Changes AI Access Rules for Schools Ahead of 2027 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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An EU court adviser outlines when Google Gemini’s reuse of news could infringe publishers’ rights and what businesses using web-connected AI should check. The post EU Court Adviser Outlines Copyright Risks for Google Gemini appeared first on TechRepublic.

So far, observations by instruments including the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed the presence of surprisingly massive black holes in the early universe. Even less than a billion years after the Big Bang, some of these bodies already weighed billions of times the mass of the sun, and to date, astronomers are unclear as to how they could have grown so large so quickly.

Xiaomi has released footage of its humanoid robots working a full 8-hour shift at its EV factory, sorting center console side covers for its cars. The company says the robots did it on their own, catching and fixing their own mistakes along the way. If that’s fully autonomous, it’s truly impressive. But we’ve been disappointed by humanoid robot demos before, and Xiaomi left out the numbers that would let anyone check. more…

Apple has opened Siri AI to every app developer. A Developer Preview lets any app bring its content and actions into Siri AI, Apple said on Tuesday. It ships in the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and visionOS 27.3 betas. Until now, apps could only plug into Siri through categories that Apple defined. Now […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Mountain View, California, company has been facing pushback from educators, child development experts, and parents over the use of its technology in schools. The post Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI appeared first on Boston.com.

Democratic victories in the US midterm elections could increase scrutiny of artificial intelligence and data centre development.

A research team led by professor Ji-Woong Choi of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST has developed NONOS, a deep learning–based analysis technology that precisely separates rhythms from the underlying background signals in brain signals with high temporal resolution. The team collaborated with research teams led by professor Han-Joon Kim of Kumoh National Institute of Technology, professor Kyong Hwan Jin of Korea University and Dr. Jong-Cheol Rah of the Korea Brain Research Institute. The findings are published in NeuroImage.

Ben Gartside / Wired: UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan says AI is set to add £55B to £140B to the economy by 2030, below a £400B estimate from a Google-led report touted by officials  —  The AI minister now concedes the estimated figure is less than a third of that.  Researchers blame the country's slow rate of adoption

Google is trying to enhance its AI offering for schools, but they don't get the option to turn it completely off.

The AI minister now concedes the estimated figure is less than a third of that. Researchers blame the country’s slow rate of adoption

Google has announced that its AI products will soon be switched off by default for K-12 student accounts. Namely, Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search will be "entirely off" until school administrators explicitly turn them on. In case you missed it, Google Search is on that list. The company says Search and AI are "deeply integrated", so a school that wants no AI at all for its students also has to give up Search for them. Students in such schools will see a message saying Search isn't available. After a wave of criticism, Google clarified that schools can...

Scientists propose that the brain’s mysterious cross-wiring, which connects each hemisphere to the opposite side of the body, may have originated more than 500 million years ago in the visual systems of ancient fish. Rather than evolving for a specific advantage, this unusual arrangement may simply be a legacy of evolution building new brain circuits on an ancient foundation.

Stanford researchers have discovered an AI-identified natural molecule that dramatically suppresses appetite and promotes fat loss in animals, potentially offering an Ozempic-like weight-loss treatment without common digestive side effects or significant muscle loss. Called BRP, the molecule reduced food intake by up to 50% and targets a different brain pathway, raising hopes for a more precise obesity treatment if future human trials prove successful.

NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere. After more than 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, Hubble is slowly losing altitude, and without intervention, it could fall back to Earth as early as 2033 or 2034. To keep the iconic observatory operating, NASA is asking private space companies to propose innovative ways to boost Hubble into a higher orbit, upgrade its capabilities, or safely dispose of it when its mission finally ends.

Age could play an important role in how psychedelic use relates to mental health, according to new research from the Department of Psychology at Durham University. Researchers found that adults with a history of using classic psychedelics, such as psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and LSD, reported lower levels of anxiety and depression than nonusers, but only in younger age groups. The associations became weaker with increasing age and were no longer evident among older adults.

Just 1% of chips promised to major Chinese companies to power their AI ambitions will be delivered, according to reports.

Texas election result raises fears of data centre restrictions, while Musk and Palihapitiya draw attention to the space economy.

Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Search queries are growing at their fastest rate in five years, Google parent Alphabet said in its earnings report last week. However, Google's Search revenue growth slowed to 12 percent year over year in the third quarter, down from roughly 17 percent in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, growth in paid clicks - clicks on ads that generate revenue for Google - slowed from 13 percent to 8 percent. That's still substantial growth, but not the direction investors were hoping for from a company planning to spend about $200 billion this year on infrastructure, largely to support AI. Alphabet shares have fallen about 14 percent since it reported e … Read the full story at The Verge.

The biohybrid robot pushes off from the ground as soon as it is stimulated by an electrical impulse. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). By Emmet Cole In our monthly series, we showcase a selection of robotics stories from society, business, research and culture, as we track the field’s ongoing journey from specialized industrial machines to an […]

Like the human nervous system, machines need reasoning, coordination and reflex at every layer.

South Korean consumer group plans to accuse Tesla of misleading tens of thousands of buyers over its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. The group says most of Tesla’s cars in the country cannot legally use it, according to Reuters, which has seen the complaint. Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty will file the complaint on Thursday with the […] This story continues at The Next Web

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Democrats' US midterms victory is a win for hyperscalers and AI labs, a mixed bag for Nvidia, an advantage to China, and may make space data centers attractive  —  Data Centers were on the ballot, and they lost in a major way; what does it mean if American opposition to building is permanent?

A structured review of the peer-reviewed literature concludes that most robot-assisted decommissioning systems today operate as digital shadows rather than fully bidirectional digital twins.

Nick Wingfield / The Information: Texas elects Democrats for governor and the US Senate for the first time in decades, creating uncertainty for its booming AI data center sector and Elon Musk  —  Texas elected Democrats for governor and the U.S. Senate for the first time in decades, creating potential uncertainty …

Reuters: Google says it expanded voluntary exit buyouts in June to employees across Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland to manage costs amid huge AI spending  —  Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) has expanded employee buyout offers to several countries this year as it looks to rein …