Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.
Topological approach detects adversarial attacks in multimodal AI systems
New vulnerabilities have emerged with the rapid advancement and adoption of multimodal foundational AI models, significantly expanding the potential for cybersecurity attacks. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have put forward a novel framework that identifies adversarial threats to foundation models—artificial intelligence approaches that seamlessly integrate and process text and image data. This work empowers …
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Why tomorrow’s best devs won’t just code — they’ll curate, coordinate and command AI
AI coding requires a serious structural change. Where does that leave entry-level developers and the software industry as a whole?Read More
The Nintendo Switch 2’s Biggest Problem Is Already Storage
In 2025, 256 gigabytes just isn’t enough, and tacking on more storage isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams
Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body.
New vision model from Cohere runs on two GPUs, beats top-tier VLMs on visual tasks
Cohere’s Command A Vision can read graphs and PDFs to make enterprise research richer and analyze the documents businesses actually rely on.Read More
Anthropic Revokes OpenAI’s Access to Claude
OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service.
New AI tool learns to read medical images with far less data
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could make it much easier—and cheaper—for doctors and researchers to train medical imaging software, even when only a small number of patient scans are available.
OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search
OpenAI abruptly removed a ChatGPT feature that made conversations searchable on Google, sparking privacy concerns and industry-wide scrutiny of AI data handling.Read More
A thermodynamic approach to machine learning: How optimal transport theory can improve generative models
Joint research led by Sosuke Ito of the University of Tokyo has shown that nonequilibrium thermodynamics, a branch of physics that deals with constantly changing systems, explains why optimal transport theory, a mathematical framework for the optimal change of distribution to reduce cost, makes generative models optimal. As nonequilibrium thermodynamics has yet to be fully …