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OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products

OpenAI, the company that developed the models and products associated with ChatGPT, plans to announce a new audio language model in the first quarter...

Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”

Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly...

Marvel rings in new year with Wonder Man trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHuWmjXsReU&start=0&wmode=transparent Marvel Studios decided to ring in the new year with a fresh trailer for Wonder Man, its eight-episode miniseries premiering later...

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Playing Super Mario combats  burnout Credit: Winze Tam et al./Ninetendo Young adulthood...

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin

On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a coal plant scheduled for...

Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

A third AI-related proof-of-concept attack that garnered attention used a prompt injection to cause GitLab’s Duo chatbot to add malicious lines to an otherwise...

The science of how (and when) we decide to speak out—or self-censor

The US has adopted more of a middle ground approach, essentially letting private companies decide what they wanted to do. Daymude and his co-authors...

Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled

The case regarding cancelled grants moved relatively quickly. By June, a District Court judge declared that the federal policy “represents racial discrimination” and issued...

US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says

“Mr. Ahmed studies and engages in civic discourse about the content moderation policies of major social media companies in the United States, the United...

Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique  for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in bioarchitecture because the carbonized layer protects...

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