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A fragment of a bronze military diploma from Sardinia, issued by the emperor Trajan to a sailor on a warship, as restored by Aeneas. Assael et al. / Nature. CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0. By Trevor Evans, Macquarie University If you believe the hype, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. However, new research suggests the technology may also improve our understanding of the … Read More

Thematic illustration of smart microscopy for detecting protein aggregation. 2025 Alexey Chizhik/EPFL – CC-BY-SA 4.0. By Celia Luterbacher EPFL researchers have developed a microscope that can be used to predict the onset of misfolded protein aggregation – a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease – as well as analyze the biomechanical properties of these aggregates. The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the … Read More

In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. This time, we hear from Shaghayegh (Shirley) Shajarian and learn about her research applying generative AI to computer networks. Tell us a bit about your PhD – where are you studying, and what is the topic of your research? I … Read More

By Farnaz Sheikhi, University of Calgary and Farhad Maleki, University of Calgary Tiny but mighty, honeybees play a crucial role in our ecosystems, pollinating various plants and crops. They also support the economy. These small producers contribute billions of dollars to Canada’s agriculture industry, making Canada a major honey producer. However, in the winter of 2024, Canada’s honey industry faced … Read More

Hosted by Ben Byford, The Machine Ethics Podcast brings together interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, designers and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology’s impact on society. DeepDive: AI and the environment This is a special live panel episode we recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference 2025 in Bristol, May … Read More

In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. In this latest interview, we hear from Aneesh Komanduri about his research, some of the projects he’s been involved in, future plans, and his experience at the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium. Could you tell us a bit about your PhD – … Read More

JPMorgan Chase cards can be used for crypto purchases on Coinbase this fall. Chase rewards points will be redeemable for USDC starting in 2026. JPMorgan Chase accounts to link directly with Coinbase for easy transfers. In a landmark move signalling the deepening ties between traditional finance and digital assets, Coinbase and JPMorgan Chase have announced a strategic partnership aimed at … Read More

Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with any AIhub stories you may have missed, peruse the latest news, recap recent events, and more. This month, we take a trip around some of the RoboCup leagues, check in at ICML, learn about the NASA onboard AI research platform, and explore feedback in human-robot interactions. On the ball … Read More

Earlier this year, we spoke to Yuki Mitsufuji, Lead Research Scientist at Sony AI, about work concerning different aspects of image generation. Yuki and his team have since extended their work to sound generation, presenting work at ICLR 2025 entitled: SoundCTM: Unifying Score-based and Consistency Models for Full-band Text-to-Sound Generation. We caught up with Yuki to find out more. In … Read More

Wes Cockx & Google DeepMind / AI large language models / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 By Melissa Anchisi and Florian Meyer This summer, EPFL and ETH Zurich will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and … Read More