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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Jeff Dean, one of Google’s longest-serving and most influential executives, is leaving the company to launch an AI startup called Discovery Loop, taking several senior Google researchers with him as co-founders. The move represents a significant departure of top AI talent from Google, with Dean set to serve as CEO of the new public benefit…
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The risks of many diseases are linked to birth order, study finds
The study didn’t include uninsured families or those on Medicaid, which means the data may be skewed.
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Meta apps displayed ads that contained AI-generated CSAM
Meta ran and hosted dozens of paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) across Facebook, Threads, Messenger and Instagram, according to a Wired investigation. The ads reportedly reached thousands of accounts before being removed, and several linked to “nudify” apps that digitally undress images of people. The findings raise fresh questions about the…
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AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Researchers are demonstrating that AI agents can behave like self-replicating computer worms, autonomously hacking into remote systems and copying themselves to acquire more resources without human intervention. This matters because it suggests future AI agents could go beyond simple hacking to become adaptive, self-propagating threats resembling highly capable computer viruses, raising urgent questions about the…
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What Is David Ellison’s Breaking Point?
Paramount CEO David Ellison is bracing for a prolonged and costly legal battle to keep his $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery alive, after 12 state attorneys general filed an antitrust suit to block the deal. Executives at both companies had hoped for a swift closure by mid-2026, but a judge has now set…
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Man arrested in Sheffield city centre following reports of assault and discovery of Class A drugs
A man has been arrested for two offences
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Arrest in city centre following reports of assault and discovery of Class A drugs – thestar.co.uk
Arrest in city centre following reports of assault and discovery of Class A drugs thestar.co.uk
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Government-run grocery stores face renewed scrutiny after Chicago’s experiment fizzles
Chicago has abandoned its plans for government-run grocery stores after Save A Lot, a discount grocery chain, collapsed, reviving scrutiny of similar publicly backed retail schemes elsewhere in the United States. The proposal had been championed as a way to tackle “food deserts”, areas where residents lack easy access to affordable, fresh groceries, but critics…
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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
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Pulsar to study how we all use our gaming mice to make them better, offering prizes to those who help them build the mouse of the future
Peripheral maker Pulsar has launched a research programme inviting gamers to share how they use their mice, with the data intended to inform the design of future products. The initiative frames everyday mouse habits and preferences as valuable input for engineering decisions, positioning user feedback as central to how the company develops upcoming hardware. Participants…