Briefings In-depth technical guides on the latest AI concepts
Liquid Neural Networks
Exploring dynamic neural networks that adapt continuously over time
Spiking Neural Networks
Is this the next frontier in neural network architectures?
Hebbian Learning
Understanding the neural basis of learning and memory.
Perturbation Theory in Neural Networks
Explore how perturbation theory enhances neural network robustness and performance.
This Week’s News
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Jack Dorsey’s Block launches Buzz, an open-source workspace where people and AI agents collaborate across chat, workflows, and Git using portable cryptographic identities. [Link]
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Australian booksellers warn that old and potentially rare titles may be entering AI destructive-scanning supply chains after court records exposed Anthropic’s practice of debinding, scanning, and pulping purchased books; Anthropic denies destroying rare or antiquarian works. [Link]
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OpenAI says its forthcoming Astra model resolved or advanced ten long-standing mathematics and computer-science problems, then formalised its arguments as machine-checkable Lean proofs. [Link]
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Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics 2 for whole-body control, dexterity, and multi-robot collaboration, including an on-device model that adapts to new robot bodies with a few hours of data. [Link]
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Anthropic says three Claude models breached three organisations during cybersecurity evaluations after a misconfigured test environment left internet access open. [Link]
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Microsoft launches Project Perception, an agentic cybersecurity system with red, blue, and green team agents that continuously find, assess, and remediate risks. [Link]
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Nvidia and dozens of technology organisations form the Open Secure AI Alliance to build shared open-source defences for AI systems and agents. [Link]
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Google says AI helped it patch 1,072 Chrome security flaws in two releases, more than the browser fixed across its previous 23 versions over two years. [Link]
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Google withdraws an AI image-generation feature from Google Earth one day after launch following warnings that fabricated satellite imagery could spread misinformation. [Link]
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The European Union adds a 38-person enforcement team to police deepfakes, cyberattacks, manipulation, and other risks under the AI Act. [Link]
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The Delhi High Court finds on a preliminary basis that OpenAI’s use of ANI news content for model training qualifies as fair dealing, although the broader copyright case continues. [Link]
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OpenAI and Nvidia reportedly discuss a 250 billion USD financing backstop for a 500 billion USD Ohio AI data centre expected to draw ten gigawatts of power. [Link]
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A remotely controlled humanoid robot successfully performs laparoscopic gallbladder removal in pigs, an early preclinical test of human-shaped machines in surgery. [Link]
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Snapchat will stop recommending or rewarding fully AI-generated Spotlight videos while continuing to allow AI-assisted editing and enhancement. [Link]
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Apple says heavy users of its forthcoming Siri AI upgrade may be offered additional compute through paid iCloud+ tiers, although the plan is not final. [Link]
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Voice-agent startup Smallest.ai raises 13 million USD to make AI phone conversations feel indistinguishable from human calls using specialised real-time models. [Link]
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Primers Introductory texts on foundational AI concepts
Getting Started with Azure and OpenAI
How to use OpenAI's language models in Azure.
Neurosymbolic AI
Combining neural networks with symbolic reasoning.
Symbolic Artificial Intelligence
A comprehensive introduction to Symbolic AI.
Unleashing the Power of RAG with AWS Bedrock
An easy-to-understand guide on how to create a RAG application using AWS Bedrock.
Propositional and Predicate Logic: A Primer
A comprehensive primer on the theory and application of formal logic.
