Can AI reason without words? A small model puts the idea to the test
The newest “Dragon Hatchling” AI model is testing whether skipping words in intermediate reasoning could cut computational cost.
Meet the ‘fire amoeba,’ a record-breaking survivor of extreme heat
Incendiamoeba cascadensis can replicate at 145° F, breaking the heat tolerance record for eukaryotes, a domain of life that includes plants and animals.
OpenAI will let outside groups test its models during training
OpenAI says it will let third-party groups run technical safety assessments while models are being trained and evaluated rather than only before launch, and is
A phone maker now has the world’s top open-weight AI model
Frontier intelligence, all the modalities, built in public. Xiaomi opened its MiMo-V2.6 announcement with that line on Tuesday. The phone and electric car maker released
Trump says US officials met for three hours with Iranian delegation
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Indian MMA fighter refuses handshake after Asian Games ‘defeat’
India’s first MMA medal at the Asian Games was overshadowed by controversy over the result.
Lula warns against foreign interference, defends Brazil’s sovereignty at UN
Lula’s remarks come as Trump asserts US power in Latin America in his own UN address.
Cyclist who dressed as man to avoid Taliban wins silver medal
Afghan cyclist Fariba Hashimi wins silver in the women’s road race at the Asian Games, having fled oppression in her home country to pursue a
Top South African policeman charged with sexual offences
Shadrack Sibiya, who has made no comment, is alleged to have groomed a 16-year-old and raped an 18-year-old.
‘I have never felt heat like that’ – a survivor on watching 33 cellmates die in Nigeria
The BBC goes inside the prison where prisoners were trapped in stifling, cramped conditions.
Call of Duty’s Activision to make next Halo game as Xbox cuts more jobs
The news comes as part of a “reset” announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory detects one of the smallest and faintest satellite galaxies ever seen
In one of the first major discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, scientists have revealed a previously unknown galaxy orbiting the Milky
US heading for unprecedented El Niño winter: Here’s what to expect
The ongoing El Niño is breaching the “super” threshold as Earth crosses into unprecedented climate territory. El Niño, officially underway as of June 11
Scientists identify ‘sweet spot’ for early stage of life on Earth that preceded LUCA, the ancestor of all living things
Scientists have identified a “sweet spot” in Earth’s deep past when conditions were optimal for a proposed early stage of life to take hold —