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Scientists have achieved a world first by loading a complete genome onto a quantum computer – a major

Named after the crystallographer who helped reveal the structure of DNA, GPT-Rosalind is OpenAI’s first domain-specific model series, fine-tuned for biochemistry, genomics, and protein engineering. Access is restricted to a trusted-access programme for vetted enterprise customers including Amgen, Moderna, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. OpenAI has launched GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model built specifically for life […] This story continues at The Next Web

When everything is AI, figuring out what works gets tricky. This store makes it simpler.

The model is the first release in OpenAI’s Life Science model series. Read more: OpenAI to rival Google’s AlphaFold with new AI model for life sciences research

Google is, these days, releasing multiple AI updates every few hours. Following on from the creation of personalized images in Gemini, now the search giant is unveiling a new AI Mode experience in Chrome. Now if you click links that AI Mode has presented you with, they will open side by side with your chat, all in the same browser tab. This will simplify navigation and reduce tab clutter - no need to switch back and forth between tabs anymore. It's also obviously easier to ask AI Mode follow-up questions in this setup. One example Google gives is searching for a coffee machine,...

Microsoft is accelerating its global AI push with an early launch of its Wisconsin data center, as Satya Nadella touts its massive scale. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Stellantis has entered a five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the use of AI, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies across its global operations. The collaboration will..

Even on a campus like the University of Washington’s — home to particle accelerators, wave tanks and countless

Investor interest for AI chip startups is rising, but big challenges remain for the nascent sector.

Investor interest for AI chip startups is rising, but big challenges remain for the nascent sector.

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an “early sign” of generalization, surprising researchers  —  Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become …

Personalized AI images sound cool — until you realize the 'personalization' comes from Google scanning your entire photo library.

I did not expect 2026 to be the year Apple looked reasonable on laptop pricing, but the rest of the PC industry left me no choice.

At the EN2026 conference in Adelaide, SA Power Networks future grid engineer Adam Cameron explains how “smart homes” with solar, batteries, EVs and flexible loads can help South Australia manage its world‑leading rooftop solar penetration. The post Video: Flexible homes, flexible grid – Interview with Adam Cameron (SA Power Networks) appeared first on Renew Economy.

Author(s): Pradip Kattel, Abay Zhakenov, and Natan AndreiThe authors uncover here a rich phase diagram when a quantum spin is placed in an interacting superconducting system, with different phases arising due to the competition of the Kondo and superconducting interactions. Particularly surprising is the appearance of multichannel physics in a gapped superconducting phase. They further show that in each phase, the Hilbert space splits into several towers of excitations. By computing the impurity entropy explicitly in each phase, they show that the excitation towers induce interesting nonmonotonic behavior, which is experimentally accessible. [Phys. Rev. B 113, 165130] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

Author(s): Eli Chertkov, Andrew C. Potter, David Hayes, and Michael Foss-FeigCurrent quantum computers are noisy and require either scalable and costly error correction or nonscalable and cheap error detection to perform large-scale quantum simulations. Researchers present a scalable and cheap error detection framework that avoids postselection, which they use to simulate a nonequilibrium phase transition in an open quantum system on a trapped-ion quantum computer. [Phys. Rev. Research 8, 023057] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

Author(s): Alejandro Cros Carrillo de Albornoz, Rodrigo G. Cortiñas, Max Schäfer, Nicholas E. Frattini, Brandon Allen, Delmar G.A. Cabral, Pablo E. Videla, Pouya Khazaei, Eitan Geva, Victor S. Batista, and Michel H. DevoretA continuously driven Kerr parametric oscillator simulates a dissipative quantum system with applications to reactions in quantum chemistry. [PRX Quantum 7, 020309] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

NiSource has partnered with Alphabet and expanded its deal with Amazon to power AI data centers while promising to shield customers. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Bloomberg: Hangzhou-based Manycore shares rose 187% early in its Hong Kong debut after raising $156M in its IPO; it is pivoting to selling AI training data to robot makers  —  Manycore Tech Inc. built a billion-dollar valuation in China's once-sizzling real estate market.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will co-host a game development contest with Korean gaming company NC's artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary, NC AI, offering cash prizes and development support to teams that create games featuring Seoul landmarks, the city said Friday. The “Seoul Play-Up AI Game Challenge” is open to individuals and teams across the country, with no limits on hardware or software. Participants are required to incorporate Seoul landmarks — including Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Han River parks and the Hanyangdoseong City Wall — into game settings, storylines or characters, and must use AI tools in the development process. The contest will run in two stages. In the first round, participating teams will be tasked to submit prototypes, from which eight finalists will be chosen through written and presentation evaluations. The finalists will then advance to a development phase using NC AI's game-specialized AI suite VARCO, which includes VARCO 3D for

Researchers created a new questionnaire to measure major life changes linked to psychedelic use and found that most surveyed adults reporting naturalistic psychedelic use said psychedelics had influenced at least one major change in their lives. These changes most often involved goals, values, and spirituality, were usually rated positively, and were more commonly reported by people with more frequent use.

Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonA tunable quantum device can model the energy profiles of chemical reactions and improve physicists’ understanding of reaction dynamics. [Physics 19, s48] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

Author(s): Sophia ChenResearchers exploit quantum entanglement to measure the interference of light signals from two distant detectors, opening a path toward quantum-enhanced astronomy. [Physics 19, 56] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

Rev. Franklin Graham defended Trump over an AI-generated image controversy, saying the president thought it depicted a doctor helping someone, not Jesus.

Aluminum die-cast components are widely used in automotive and precision machinery applications due to their combination of low weight and structural strength. However, internal defects known as porosity—voids formed by entrapped air during casting—remain a persistent challenge. These defects are difficult to detect through external inspection and can compromise mechanical integrity and long-term reliability.

Google's Gemini can now create more personalized images using Nano Banana 2 and your Google Photos library, which you of course need to connect to Gemini for this to work. The context of your library is integrated into Nano Banana 2 to give you the opportunity to create images with prompts that don't have to be extremely long and detailed. You can also skip uploading a reference photo to give Gemini some context - having access to your Photos library will provide that instead. There's no extra setup required if you use Personal Intelligence in Gemini and have connected your Photos library....

This research introduces a multi-resolution exploration method, enhancing robotic navigation efficiency and adaptability in challenging, unknown environments.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing environmental science by shifting the paradigm from traditional observation-based research to a dynamic, data-driven predictive discipline. This evolution is not merely an incremental advance but a fundamental transformation in how ecosystems are studied, understood, and managed. Through the integration of sophisticated AI technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, and […]

The launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021 pushed the horizon of seeing the early universe, unveiling cosmic events just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Among the most striking discoveries are supermassive black holes—some reaching 100 million times the mass of our sun.

A new Bar-Ilan University study points to a major advance in quantum information processing, demonstrating a way to send, manipulate, and measure quantum information across many frequency channels simultaneously, rather than one at a time. The study was recently published in the journal Science Advances.

NPL, the UK's National Metrology Institute (NMI), plays a central role in providing accurate and trusted measurement across emerging technology. Within its Institute for Quantum Standards and Technology (IQST), the team is developing methods to characterize and calibrate quantum devices, particularly quantum computing.

In a galaxy 500 million light-years away, two supermassive black holes could merge, spreading gravitational waves across the universe.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open links side by side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile  —  Google announced on Thursday that it's rolling out a new way to explore the web with AI Mode, its conversational search experience.

An insurer reports a 71% rise in fraudulent claims, driven partly by an increase in faked images.

Thin films might not come up in conversation every day, but they are all around us. Take the metallic plastic films of chip bags, for example, or the anti-reflective coatings on eyeglasses. Even the coatings on pills that make them easier to swallow are thin films. Depositing extremely thin layers of materials in a consistent and uniform way is also crucial to the production of semiconductors, which are the foundation of modern electronics.

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare form of cancer with no signs or symptoms in the early stages. In the U.S., approximately 2,000 people die annually from this condition, with only 20% diagnosed at an early stage. Surgery remains the most effective treatment. Although minimally invasive approaches—laparoscopic and robotic—are increasingly used in gastrointestinal oncology, their use in GBC is limited and comparing robotic surgery to laparoscopic and conventional surgery approaches remains limited and controversial.

New research data suggest that condensate corona–nanoparticles function as an encoded biomolecular transfer program that are activated by the recipient cell, allowing transfer of functional materials. The post Intercellular Communication via Condensate Corona-Nanoparticle Complexes appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Digital services for brands from Jeep to Peugeot will feel the presence of AI.

Megan Morrone / Axios: OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, an AI model for life sciences research, including drug discovery, as a research preview for customers such as Moderna and Amgen  —  OpenAI announced a new series of AI models built to help life sciences researchers work faster.

Gallbladder Cancer and the Rise of Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Transformative Approach Gallbladder cancer (GBC), although rare, poses a formidable challenge in oncology due to its silent early progression. In the United States alone, it claims approximately 2,000 lives annually, with a mere 20% of cases detected early enough to allow for curative interventions. Historically, […]

A new planning method called KEPT lets self-driving cars compare what they are seeing now with similar past traffic situation to lower prediction error and fewer potential collisions.

With the new AI Mode, any search result you visit opens side-by-side with your search window so you can more easily view them together.

The development of copper foils that simultaneously exhibit ultrahigh strength, high electrical conductivity, and thermal stability remains a major challenge for advanced electronics and energy storage systems. We report a 10-micrometer-thick copper foil ...

When you think of a robot, you likely picture one of three things: a drone, a robotic manipulator picking up goods from a factory conveyor belt, or an autonomous vehicle of some kind—perhaps a vacuum cleaner or a car. These three types of robots differ drastically in their body design and in the ways they move. They are also consistent with how roboticists have traditionally designed robots for one specific type of locomotion. However, recent advances in control systems have enabled the design of robots capable of transitioning between multiple forms of locomotion, for example, from rolling to walking and from flying to sliding like a snake. Better still, some can use legs as hands or adjust their flight patterns in order to manipulate objects as they move. This progress represents a major advancement in the field and it is worth diving deeper into the many challenges that had to be overcome along the way in order for such robots to be realized.

Linking Gemini directly to a user's photo library represents a bigger step in the AI chatbot link to private information.

Linking Gemini directly to a user's photo library represents a bigger step in the AI chatbot link to private information.

In short: Tesla’s China president Wang Hao has described the Shanghai Gigafactory as a “golden key” to mass-producing Optimus humanoid robots, the first time a Tesla executive has publicly linked the factory to robotics manufacturing. The plant delivered 851,000 EVs in 2025, and Tesla has deployed over 1,000 Gen 3 Optimus units across its own […] This story continues at The Next Web

The UK government’s £500m Sovereign AI fund announces first cohort of startups backed to boost economic growth and national security

As a part of a study testing out a new type of implanted brain-computer interface (BCI), three rhesus monkeys controlled movements in a virtual reality (VR) world using only brain signals. The study, published in Science Advances, demonstrates a major step toward practical BCIs that can work outside of lab conditions.

Google latest update to AI Mode in its Chrome browser is designed to keep the chatbot-style search tool always around once you start an online search journey.

Google is making it easier to feed your photos into Nano Banana for more personal image generation.

Google is upgrading AI Mode in Chrome with a new feature that will allow you to open links to sources alongside your chat. Now, instead of automatically opening a new tab, clicking a source will open the website side by side with AI Mode, allowing you to ask follow-up questions about what's on the page. Launched last year, AI Mode is the chatbot-like search feature that lives within a tab on the left side of Google's search engine. Google has added several new features to the tool over the past year, including the ability to generate images of outfits and decor based on your descriptions, visualize your travel plans, and find restaurant res … Read the full story at The Verge.

Like the Gemini app before, Google is now deeply integrating AI Mode with desktop and mobile Chrome. more…

Love 'em or hate 'em, no modern browser is complete without robust tab support, and so too would it seem Google's AI Mode. Starting today, the company is rolling out an update to users in the US that makes the tool better at interacting and understanding tabs.  To start, the next time you use AI Mode on Chrome for desktop and click on a link, the chatbot will open a new side-by-side interface that allows you to both browse the new webpage and ask questions of AI Mode. The connection allows the chatbot to maintain the context of the search that brought you to that website in the first place.  For instance, say you're looking for a new coffee maker to buy for your apartment. After AI Mode finds a handful of different models for you to compare, you can click on one to go to the manufacturer's website and ask additional questions of the chatbot like "how easy is this to clean?" Thanks to the expanded context window, you don't need to

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google's 2025 Ads Safety Report: Google blocked a record 8.3B ads, up 63% YoY, but suspended 36% fewer advertisers, attributing the disparity to its use of AI  —  Google said Thursday it blocked a record 8.3 billion ads globally in 2025 — up from 5.1 billion the year before.

In the relentless quest for advanced electronic devices, predicting material properties remains an imposing challenge in the realm of materials science. The ability to foresee how materials behave under various physical stimuli, especially in response to electric fields, is pivotal in engineering the next generation of electronic components. This challenge arises from the intricate nature […]

Meta's Quest 3 lineup was known for offering an excellent value proposition, giving players a powerful, untethered VR experience without breaking the bank. Unfortunately, the AI boom is at the door, and Meta is now raising the price of the Quest 3 by $100, to $600, while the cheaper Quest 3S is getting hiked by $50.

In short: Google has added Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature, letting the AI create images informed by a user’s Gmail, Photos, Calendar, Drive, and other Google app data. The feature rolls out to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the US first, with Europe excluded from the initial global launch. Nano […] This story continues at The Next Web

With the international expansion underway, Gemini is now bringing together Personal Intelligence, Google Photos, and Nano Banana 2. more…

The spin-off company ParityQC has implemented the largest quantum Fourier transform ever reported using an IBM quantum computer, thereby setting a new milestone on the path toward the industrial application of quantum computers. The quantum Fourier transform is a cornerstone algorithm with applications in cryptography, financial modeling, and materials science.

Restoring both walking and sensation to patients with paraplegia is an ambitious goal—but a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is now one step closer. The team is building a fully implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows patients to use their thoughts to control wearable robotic legs, known as a robotic exoskeleton. The system is designed to help patients walk while also restoring the sensation of walking.

Your Google Photos library could soon influence the kind of images you can generate with Gemini. After letting users personalize the AI assistant's responses with data from Gmail, Search and YouTube, Google says it's bringing that same "Personal Intelligence" to Nano Banana 2 to make it easier for users to create personalized images with the AI model. The goal is to have the data affiliated with your Google account — your YouTube history, emails, Google Photos, etc. — provide context to Nano Banana 2 so you don't have to. Rather than prompting Gemini's image generation model with information about you or photos of your belongings, a direction to "create a picture of my desert island essentials" should produce an image that includes the things you care about without any extra context. Similarly, if you use labels in Google Photos to identify people or pets, you can tell Gemini to "create a hand-drawn illustration of mom," and it should

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google announces a Gemini app integration between Personal Intelligence and Nano Banana 2 to let the AI image generator “automatically reflect” users' tastes  —  With the international expansion underway, Gemini is now bringing together Personal Intelligence, Google Photos, and Nano Banana 2.

An example image from Google. Google's Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano Banana 2 image model to create images based on your personal context. With the feature, you can use prompts like "Design my dream house" or "Create a picture of my desert island essentials" and the photos Gemini creates will "automatically reflect your specific tastes and lifestyle, gleaned from the Google apps you've connected to," Google says in a blog post. Under the hood, the integration uses your labels in Google Photos to identify people like you, your friends, and your … Read the full story at The Verge.

Emily Mullin / Wired: Sabi, which is developing a brain-computer interface beanie that can decode internal speech into words, emerges from stealth with backing from Khosla and others  —  California-based startup Sabi is developing a thought-to-text wearable that could usher in the cyborg future.

A first-of-its-kind observation shows how jets from voracious black holes can shape the growth of galaxies

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a laser-plasma accelerator can reliably drive a free-electron laser for more than eight hours. Published in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, the result was achieved by a team led by Finn Kohrell at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in collaboration with Texas-based company Tau Systems—and could soon make the technology vastly more accessible for a broad range of applications in industry and research.

Hyperscalers Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft have been investing heavily in chips to power quantum computing

Hyperscalers Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft have been investing heavily in chips to power quantum computing

Google has released a standalone Gemini app for macOS, bringing a native desktop experience that can be accessed from anywhere on your system. The app can be quickly summoned using the Option + Space shortcut, allowing users to interact with Gemini without switching between apps or windows. It also supports on-screen context sharing, letting you share any window and receive relevant responses. For instance, you can share a Chrome tab and ask questions about its contents. The app additionally allows users to upload and interact with local files. The Gemini app for macOS also...

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: Google is negotiating a deal with the US DOD that would let the Pentagon deploy Gemini AI models in classified settings, reversing its previous stance  —  Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy Google's Gemini AI models …

An Iranian embassy has shared an AI-generated video depicting Jesus Christ casting US President Donald Trump into hell Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Rogan made fun of Trump's controversial AI image appearing to depict him as Jesus, joking it was created by "AI God" during a podcast episode.

AI-edited vehicle photos are becoming a new insurance fraud tool, with Admiral linking a rise in cases to manipulated crash images, duplicate filings, and fabricated claim materials that can raise costs across the system.

The robotic system detonates up to 90% of the mines, depending on their depth

Tesla lifts the lid on its most powerful chip to date, but it’s destined for the Optimus robot and its supercomputers first.

China’s prototype Qingzhou robotic cargo spacecraft successfully conducted capture and towing operations on “non-cooperative” space targets, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The progress paves the way for so-called orbital tow trucks capable of clearing space debris and derelict satellites. The prototype spacecraft launched last month also conducted a suite of in-orbit experiments designed to sustain long-duration missions, according to CCTV. These included automated metal...

I spoke to Avid about what editors can expect from Gemini integration, how the role of editor is evolving, and how creative professionals can maintain their vision.

Researchers at Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science identified a pair of neurons that integrate sweet and bitter

New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes, confirming scientists' theories of how black holes help shape the structure of the universe.

Immersive virtual reality may be an effective tool to reduce patient anxiety before endoscopy, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s Virtual Medicine Conference.Preprocedural anxiety can contribute to hemodynamic instability, IV cannulation difficulties and increased sedation requirements.“There is a lot of robust evidence to suggest that VR works to alleviate patient anxiety and pain scores during endoscopy, but very little [research] exists in terms of applying VR preoperatively,” Ahmed D. Elnaiem, MD, MPH, a gastroenterology and hepatology fellow at Mayo Clinic, told Healio.

Introduction: A New Model for AI Compute In April 2026, Eigen Labs unveiled Darkbloom, a decentralized inference network that leverages over 100 million idle Apple Silicon machines to provide AI inference services. This represents a fundamental shift in how AI compute is distributed and monetized, challenging the centralized model dominated by hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. By connecting idle hardware directly to demand through end-to-end encrypted channels, Darkbloom offers a c...

Amazon Web Services (AWS)  announced this Tuesday the launch of its AI bio tool, Amazon Bio Discovery, to accelerate the early-stage process of drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. The application aims to help scientists design and test novel drugs in a fast and secure way. Amazon Bio Discovery enables scientists to run complex computational […] This story continues at The Next Web

A humanoid robot named Edward Warchocki went viral after chasing wild boars across a parking lot in Warsaw. The Unitree G1 robot has gained attention in recent weeks for its public appearances and interactions. Developed in China, the robot’s personality is a Polish creation.

Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Alibaba's new Token Hub unit releases Happy Oyster, a new AI world model that can create 3D environments, interactive videos, films, video content, and games  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched a new AI model that can be used to develop games and generate videos simulating the real world …

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Astronomers have accurately measured the "dancing" energy jets of the first confirmed black hole, Cygnus X-1, more than 60 years after it was first spotted.

A surprising discovery from high-altitude animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes could reshape how we treat nerve damage in humans. Scientists found that a genetic mutation helping these animals survive low-oxygen environments also protects and repairs the myelin sheath—the vital coating around nerve fibers that’s damaged in diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and cerebral paralysis.

Stephen Hawking's theory of black hole evaporation clashes with the laws of quantum mechanics. A new paper finds a way around this paradox, provided that the universe has seven dimensions.

According to Bloomberg, teams from SpaceX and Tesla have approached Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment.  Teams working for Elon Musk have reached out to major chip industry suppliers including Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and Lam Research, as well as chip manufacturing partner Samsung […] This story continues at The Next Web

"Instead of organizing health data around institutions, we might organize it around individuals," write Meta's Freddy Abnousi and Stanford's Celina Yong.

Korea's top four K-pop agencies — Hybe, YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment — are working to establish a joint venture, seen as a move toward creating a global music festival involving their artists. The four agencies, which participate in the music division of the Presidential Committee for Popular Culture Exchange, said Thursday they are "preparing to set up a corporation to advance a 'Fanomenon' event." JYP founder Park Jin-young, the committee's co-chair, introduced the "Fanomenon" initiative in October at the committee's inauguration ceremony in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, explaining that the name combines the words "fan" and "phenomenon." Park also outlined a vision to launch the massive Korean music festival under that name by December 2027, which could rival the U.S.-based Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The agencies described the joint venture as a "model for collaboration designed to explore new possibilities for Korean culture's expansion,

President Trump shared an AI-generated image of Jesus embracing him, sparking debates on faith, politics, and technology. The image follows a previously deleted post criticized for its Christ-like depiction