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- 01 of 09SCIENCE
AI designs a working virus from scratch
Researchers used AI to design viruses able to infect and reproduce inside bacteria, a first for the field. Scientists say it shows AI can now handle biology design work once thought years away.
OUR TAKEBuilding lifeforms by prompt is quite the plot twist for a Sunday afternoon.
Read more → - 02 of 09CHIPS
Japan's Tier IV to share open source AI chips
Self driving startup Tier IV plans to release open semiconductor designs for vehicle AI. Carmakers could then build their own chips instead of buying costly parts elsewhere.
OUR TAKEFree chip blueprints, because even the hardware wants to be shared these days.
Read more → - 03 of 09COMPUTING
Estonia to open the Baltics' first AI factory
Nebius is building a 22 megawatt AI computing site in Tallinn, the first of that scale in the region. It gives Baltic firms and researchers local computing power instead of renting it abroad.
OUR TAKEEstonia already runs its government on code, so naturally it wants the chips to match.
Read more → - 04 of 09OPEN SOURCE
DeepSeek's new Harness tool draws developer crowds
Chinese firm DeepSeek released Harness, a free agent tool shared publicly on GitHub. It gathered over 33,000 stars within hours thanks to a flexible plug-in setup that works across several AI platforms.
OUR TAKENothing says credibility like 33,000 strangers clicking a star button before lunch.
Read more → - 05 of 09EDUCATION
Karnataka adds AI and coding from age eleven
The Indian state of Karnataka is adding an AI and coding course from Class 6. Officials say it prepares students early for a job market shaped by AI tools.
OUR TAKEEleven year olds coding AI while some adults still cannot mute a video call.
Read more → - 06 of 09MEDIA
West Africa's Dubawa uses AI to catch fake news
A Nigerian media think tank built AI tools that help journalists and the public spot false claims spreading across the continent. It focuses on local languages and context that bigger fact checking tools miss.
OUR TAKESomeone finally built a lie detector that gets the local jokes too.
Read more → - 07 of 09GOVERNANCE
Saudi Arabia to host first Arab AI ethics forum
Saudi Arabia will be the first Arab country to host UNESCO's global forum on AI ethics. The Riyadh event brings policymakers and researchers together to discuss rules and rights.
OUR TAKENothing sets the mood for an ethics debate like a venue finished at record speed.
Read more → - 08 of 09CITIES
Bengaluru engineer builds AI pothole spotting app
An engineer in Bengaluru built an app that spots potholes, pins their location and names the contractor meant to fix them. It aims to take the guesswork out of road repair complaints.
OUR TAKEAt last, AI is fixing something more useful than your emails: actual roads.
Read more → - 09 of 09GADGETS
Honor launches its Robot Phone in China only
Honor released its Robot Phone, which has a built in three axis mechanical gimbal and camera work developed with ARRI. For now it is sold only in the Chinese market.
OUR TAKEA phone with its own little robot arm, for when your hands are simply not steady enough.
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