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Toronto explores intelligent traffic systems to improve jams and transit
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (175+ words) Home | Updates | Toronto explores intelligent traffic systems to improve jams and transit City planners and experts suggest that AI-enhanced traffic signal systems could help reduce gridlock across Toronto streets and improve travel times for vehicles and the new Finch West…...
New GPT-powered platform Prism aims to reshape scientific research workflows
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (120+ words) Home | Updates | New GPT-powered platform Prism aims to reshape scientific research workflows Unlimited collaboration and cloud-based access in Prism aim to simplify teamwork and reduce technical barriers across institutions and global research teams. Designed as a LaTeX-native workspace, it replaces…...
Generative AI targets antibiotic resistance with rapid drug design
1+ week, 1+ day ago (211+ words) Home | Updates | Generative AI targets antibiotic resistance with rapid drug design At the World Economic Forum in Davos, researchers highlighted AI-driven drug design systems that could help address the urgent global threat of antibiotic-resistant microbes by generating new molecules with…...
New consortium applies AI to early drug research
1+ week, 5+ day ago (199+ words) Home | Updates | New consortium applies AI to early drug research The project aims to speed up early-stage drug research using open datasets and AI models. A new AI-driven drug discovery initiative with a budget exceeding "60 million has launched, bringing together…...
Yale researchers unveil AI platform for faster chemistry discovery
1+ week, 6+ day ago (169+ words) Home | Updates | Yale researchers unveil AI platform for faster chemistry discovery The platform has already enabled the successful synthesis of dozens of previously unreported compounds across diverse chemical fields. Researchers at Yale University have developed an AI platform that accelerates…...
Foam physics reveals unexpected parallels with AI learning
2+ week, 5+ day ago (202+ words) Home | Updates | Foam physics reveals unexpected parallels with AI learning A new study suggests the mathematics behind AI training also governs the hidden dynamics of everyday foams, challenging long-standing assumptions in materials science. Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have…...
Inside NeurIPS 2025: How AI research is shifting focus from scale to understanding
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1575+ words) Home | Analysis | Inside NeurIPS 2025: How AI research is shifting focus from scale to understanding This year's NeurIPS awards highlight a shift in AI research, focusing less on bigger models and more on understanding how systems learn, generalise, and behave responsibly....
MindRank advances AI-designed weight loss drug to Phase 3 trials
4+ week, 1+ day ago (273+ words) Home | Updates | MindRank advances AI-designed weight loss drug to Phase 3 trials China records a first as an AI-designed weight loss drug reaches late-stage testing. Hangzhou-based biotech start-up MindRank has entered Phase 3 clinical trials for its weight loss drug, marking China's…...
New AI brain model mirrors lab animal behaviour without using animal data | Digital Watch Observatory
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (161+ words) Home | Updates | New AI brain model mirrors lab animal behaviour without using animal data Researchers can now explore brain computation and treatments in silico, potentially reducing the need for early-stage animal trials. A new computational brain model, built entirely from…...
MIT-IBM researchers improve large language models with PaTH Attention
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (148+ words) Home | Updates | MIT-IBM researchers improve large language models with PaTH Attention Researchers at MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have introduced a new attention mechanism designed to enhance the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in tracking state and…...