What brain privacy will look like in the age of neurotech
What brain privacy will look like in the age of neurotech Summary Nita Farahany, an authority on neural data privacy and author of The Battle for Your Brain, warns that…
This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic
This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic Article Date: 27 October 2025Author: Rachel Fieldhouse Summary Researchers report that the H9N2 avian influenza virus — often dismissed…
AI can supercharge inequality — unless the public learns to control it
AI can supercharge inequality — unless the public learns to control it Article Meta Article Date: 27 October 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03475-wArticle Image: https://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03475-w/d41586-025-03475-w_51587198.jpg Summary This review of Maximilian Kasy’s book…
The perfect AWS storm has blown over, but the climate is only getting worse
The perfect AWS storm has blown over, but the climate is only getting worse Summary The Register’s opinion piece analyses the widespread AWS outage of 20 October 2025 and argues…
Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams
Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams Summary Former CISA director Jen Easterly told an AuditBoard conference that many breaches are symptoms of…
Millions Are Confessing Their Secrets to Chatbots. Is That Therapy?
Millions Are Confessing Their Secrets to Chatbots. Is That Therapy? Summary The WIRED feature follows real people and their interactions with AI chatbots that function like confidants or quasi-therapists. Through…
AI of a Thousand Faces
AI of a Thousand Faces Summary WIRED’s “AI of a Thousand Faces” is a curated package that captures how, in 2025, large language models and AI systems have become ubiquitous…
Rise of the Killer Chatbots
Rise of the Killer Chatbots Summary WIRED reports on demonstrations and developments showing large language models (LLMs) being integrated into military systems — from Anduril’s demo of LLM-directed jet swarms…
AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness
AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness Summary Will Knight reports on Conscium, a UK startup led by Daniel Hulme, which is pursuing a testable, engineering-style approach to consciousness. Working…
Daily briefing: Key coral species are functionally extinct after record-breaking heatwave
Daily briefing: Key coral species are functionally extinct after record-breaking heatwave Article Date: 24 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03522-6 Article Image: Kopi Luwak / Civet coffee image Summary The Nature…