Illinois Bans AI Therapy, Joins Two Other States in Regulating Chatbots Summary Illinois has enacted a law banning the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy. Licenced therapists in…
Seagate ‘Spins Up’ a Raid on a Counterfeit Hard Drive Workshop Summary Seagate’s security teams, working with Malaysian authorities, raided a warehouse outside Kuala Lumpur in May that was refurbishing…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry? Summary Researchers in the Polyzos group at the University of Melbourne have developed a new class of…
America’s Labor Unions are Backing State Regulations for AI Use in Workplaces Summary As employers and tech companies rush to deploy AI in workplaces, US labour unions are working with…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary Researchers have demonstrated a brain–computer interface that decodes ‘inner speech’ — the thoughts you silently speak to yourself —…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard warn that Arctic glaciers are in a “terminal” decline partly driven by microbes that darken…
Ageing Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary A recent study identifies a form of the HMGB1 protein, referred to as ReHMGB1, as a circulating…
ADHD Drugs Have Wider Life Benefits, Study Suggests Summary A large observational study, reported via the BBC and published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that drug treatment for…
Summary The TIOBE Programming Community Index shows Python at a record 26.14% — the highest ranking any language has reached in that index. TIOBE and commentators attribute part of Python’s…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Summary OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week and, despite early criticism that the chat experience felt less intuitive (prompting OpenAI to restore…
