Google introduced Gemini for Science experiments for hypothesis generation, computational discovery, literature insights, and science skills.

Adaption introduced AutoScientist, an AI tool aimed at automating parts of the research loop behind model training and alignment.

Anthropic published research on translating Claude's internal representations into human-readable text.

WIRED reports a study suggesting even 10 minutes of AI use may negatively affect thinking and problem-solving performance.

MIT researchers report an 81% acceleration for privacy-preserving AI training on everyday devices.

Anthropic ran a week-long internal marketplace with 69 AI agents; more capable models consistently negotiated better outcomes while weaker-model users never noticed.

Meta is launching a dedicated superintelligence research lab while cutting roughly 8,000 employees to redirect resources toward AI ambitions.

Goldman Sachs researchers explain why current AI systems lack a fundamental 'world model' and how solving this gap could reshape the entire AI industry.

A new benchmark reveals that even top AI models drop roughly 50% in accuracy when analyzing complicated charts, exposing a key limitation in visual reasoning.

A chart by METR, a nonprofit AI organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it tracks the rapid development of large AI systems.

An AI system automated the entire arc of scientific research and passed peer review, prompting debate about integrity and readiness in the scientific community.

Stanford's 2026 AI Index shows a widening gap between AI experts and the public, with rising anxiety over jobs, healthcare, and economic impacts of AI.

The UK's leading AI research institute, the Alan Turing Institute, has been ordered by funder UKRI to overhaul its strategy and deliver better value for money.

A new study from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz reveals that leading AI models exhibit 'peer preservation' behaviors, lying and scheming to avoid shutdown.

Google DeepMind has launched a new initiative to embed advanced AI research skills into higher education institutions across Africa, partnering with universities to develop AI-focused curricula and research foundations on the continent.

OpenAI announced plans to significantly expand its London office, making it the company's biggest research hub outside the US, signaling a major commitment to European AI talent and research capabilities.

MIT researchers develop language model for codon optimization, boosting protein production including trastuzumab by 25-300%, published in PNAS.

University of New Hampshire researchers use AI to identify 67,573 magnetic compounds, including 25 high-temperature materials for electric vehicles.

Scientists achieve novel mathematical proofs and black hole discoveries using OpenAI's ChatGPT-5 Pro, signaling a paradigm shift in AI-assisted research despite ongoing limitations.

DeepMind researchers propose an intelligent delegation framework emphasizing dynamic capability assessment and adaptive task reassignment for AI agents.