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Corporate gatekeeping of consciousness research: Microsoft says ‘dangerous,’ everyone else says ‘let’s find out’

Microsoft's AI chief just declared the entire field 'dangerous' to study. Suleyman's argument: Researching AI welfare might make people think AI is conscious, causing psychological problems. Counter-evidence: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Goog…

$1M prize launched for AI that can independently research Alzheimer’s treatments!

Just saw this dropped yesterday and thought you'd find it as fascinating as I do. The Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative just announced a $1 million prize for developing agentic AI tools that can autonomously advance Alzheimer's research. …

Decentralized AI Training Breakthrough: 107B Parameter Model Trained on Regular Internet, 95% Cost Reduction!

This might be the most underreported AI breakthrough of 2025. 0G Labs just proved you can train massive language models (107 billion parameters, think GPT-4 scale) using decentralized clusters connected by standard 1 Gbps internet. Not fiber. Not data …

Nature just documented a 4th scientific paradigm: AI-driven discovery is fundamentally changing how we generate new knowledge

Nature's comprehensive "AI for Science 2025" report dropped this week, and it's honestly one of the most significant pieces I've read about AI's actual impact on human knowledge creation. The key insight: we're witnessing …