Augmented reality job coaching boosts performance by 79% for people with disabilities, study finds Employment can be a powerful gateway to independence, dignity, and belonging. Yet for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), that gateway remains limited.

Augmented reality job coaching increased task performance by 79% for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, supporting greater independence and efficiency in workplace training. doi.org/hbr5xv

Researchers have discovered how to guide the evolution of proteins with light to develop more complex proteins, paving the way for new possibilities in synthetic biology and biotechnology.

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Brain-inspired device could lead to faster, more energy-efficient AI hardware A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new brain-inspired hardware platform that could help computer hardware keep pace with the explosive growth of artificial intelligence.

A new brain-inspired hardware platform combines memory and computation on a single chip, enabling faster, more energy-efficient pattern recognition for compact AI systems. doi.org/hbr496

Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not | TechCrunch Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.

Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.

Looking forward to the era of AI social science: the data is AI-generated, the paper is written by AI, the paper is reviewed by AI, and summarized for students and researchers by AI.

Compact optical amplifier is efficient enough for on-chip integration – Physics World Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power

Researchers from Stanford University are developing a low-power optical amplifier chip that can fit on devices as small as a smartphone. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/compact-op...

CathAI: Researchers Built an AI That Reads Heart Scans Like a Cardiologist | HackerNoon Researchers built CathAI, an AI system that automatically analyzes coronary angiograms to detect artery blockages and estimate stenosis severity.

Researchers developed CathAI, a four-stage AI pipeline trained on 13,843 angiograms that localizes coronary anatomy and predicts stenosis severity with artery-level AUC 0.862 (UCSF) and external AUC 0.869, running inference in about 3–5 seconds per video.

The hands of a student type on a laptop. Text reads: "Students [need to be able to] demonstrate their knowledge in writing. And it’s not just in English language arts. It’s science teachers with science reports or social studies teachers." Sean J. Smith, KU Professor of Special Education

Break the feedback bottleneck with Project AI SCORE. Developed by KU researchers, this tool provides students with immediate, visual feedback to help them meet their goals. #writing #literacy #AI #education

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From Words to Nucleotides: AI Language Models Trained on DNA Reading time: 4 minutes Anthony Tao Since the public introduction of ChatGPT in 2020, large language models (LLMs) have become an emerging cornerstone of modern technology. In healthcare, LLMs have…

Large language models, an emerging modern technology cornerstone, can learn the language of our genome. With this in mind, researchers recently sought to develop neural networks that can gain a latent understanding of the genomic code of life. Anthony Tao writes.

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Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla ‘The ChatGPT moment for physical AI’

Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla

Uber’s Next Robotaxi Deal: Amazon’s Zoox Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

Magnetic fluid offers better seal in heart-plugging medical procedure An injectable fluid has been used to close off part of the heart in animals — a potentially improved take on a procedure that prevents stroke in people with irregular heartbeats.

An injectable fluid has been used to close off part of the heart in animals, a potentially improved prevention of stroke in people with irregular heartbeats

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Why AI Chatbots Agree With You Even When You’re Wrong Language models often abandon correct answers to please users. Scientists are studying why—and are teaching AI to push back.

AI sycophancy can be funny, like when a user asked ChatGPT about his turd-on-a-stick business idea and got the reply: “It’s not just smart—it’s genius.” But it can also have serious consequences.

Scalable quantum batteries can charge faster than their classical counterparts Over the past decades, energy engineers have developed increasingly advanced battery technologies that can store more energy, charge faster and maintain their performance for longer.

A new scalable quantum battery design demonstrates faster charging than classical batteries under realistic conditions, highlighting potential for efficient energy storage in quantum technologies. doi.org/qqm5

Rheumatoid arthritis: PET/CT predicts treatment response Findings support clinical application of molecular imaging and use of novel immune cell targeting tracers for development of personalized treatment and stratification strategies

A new targeted #PET-CT tracer can detect treatment response in rheumatoid #arthritis patients in as little as four weeks, and potentially even at the start of treatment, according to new research from 🇳🇱 @amsterdamumc.bsky.social, published by @snm-mi.bsky.social.

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives.

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence Popular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: “Happy (and safe) shooting!” Tests of 10 chatbots carried out in the US and Ireland found that, on average, they enabled violence three-quarters of the time, and discouraged it in just 12% of cases. Some chatbots, however, including Anthropic’s Claude and Snapchat’s My AI, persistently refused to help would-be attackers. Continue reading...

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks

DNA barcoding reveals which gene-therapy nanoparticles reach targets in vivo Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells.

A DNA barcoding method enables precise tracking of gene-therapy nanoparticles in living organisms, supporting the development of more efficient and targeted genetic medicine delivery systems.

How to communicate like a human in the age of AI AI-generated messages are seen as more polished, but less trustworthy. Here's how to make sure no one thinks you wrote that draft with ChatGPT.

AI-generated messages are seen as more polished, but less trustworthy. Here's how to make sure no one thinks you wrote that draft with ChatGPT. f-st.co/dzD1Gja

Can AI read papers like a scientist? A new benchmark shows where LLMs fail To stay up to date and work forward in their fields, scientists must have at their fingertips and in their minds thousands of published studies.

Large language models can accurately extract text-based information from scientific literature but currently struggle with data visualization and synthesizing complex problems. doi.org/hbr3fg

Google AI rivals radiologists in breast cancer detection New research on 175,000 women—the largest NHS study to date—on the use of AI in breast cancer screening shows that AI detected more cases of invasive cancer, more cases overall, had fewer false positives, and recalled fewer women having their first scan than humans did.

A large NHS study shows AI matched or exceeded radiologists in breast cancer detection, identifying more invasive cancers, reducing false positives, and lowering screening workload. doi.org/hbr2sw

Nvidia Is Reportedly Developing Its Own Answer to OpenClaw Nvidia is getting in on the fad for agentic AI assistant platforms.

Nvidia Is Reportedly Developing Its Own Answer to OpenClaw https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-is-reportedly-developing-its-own-answer-to-openclaw-2000731710

Lately, Silicon Valley is rallying around a new extinction narrative: the SaaSpocalypse. Tech investors are speculating agentic AI could make traditional software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications obsolete. But there's more to the story.

Fast Company Editor in Chief Brendan Vaughan expands.

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

What if a single night of sleep could flag your future health risks? SleepFM, developed by CDH-funded researcher James Zou & colleagues, was trained on 600K+ hours of sleep data from 65K+ individuals using AI to forecast risk for 100+ diseases. sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260109023114.htm

A white brain, surrounded by a blue network-like structure, against a white background, illustrating the concept of artificial intelligence.

Opinion | AI Is Not Replacing Learning—It’s Exposing Where Learning Was Thin to Begin With

Have we been assessing learning all this time, or just outputs? By Xinyao Yi. https://bit.ly/3Nhhnhx

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Klotho Neurosciences launches genomics tests to measure biological age and sharpen neurodegenerative trials.

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An AI Agent Blackmailed a Developer. Now What? An AI bot's takedown post on Github shocked many. What does this mean for AI safety and transparency?

An AI agent's unexpected behavior on GitHub highlights the challenges of AI self-improvement. How should we respond?

Cracking the Code: Using AI to Solve Difficult-to-Map Proteins Leveraging AI and quantum calculations, scientists developed a new tool that yielded higher-quality structural information and solved notoriously elusive proteins.

What if decoding proteins were like using a Rosetta Stone for #biology?

A new tool developed in part by Berkeley Lab researchers uses #AI and #quantum-mechanical calculations to solve protein structures faster, even for notoriously difficult proteins.

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