AI news

U.S. Accused of Using AI Tools to Target Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators —————————— Amnesty International has accused U.S. authorities of using artificial intelligence technologies—specifically from companies like Palantir and Babel Street—to surveil immigrant protesters at pro-Palestinian demonstrations and potentially subject them to…

Study promises rare genetic mutation could enable near-universal virus immunity —————————————- Scientists have found a way to mimic a rare genetic mutation that makes people resistant to almost all viruses, Anadolu Agency reported. The new research, published in the journal…

Google and NASA Develop AI Medical Assistant for Space Missions …………… Google and NASA are collaborating on an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to support astronaut health during space missions, euronews reported. The “Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant” is designed to…

Pakistan Launches First National AI Techathon to Boost Innovation ………………. Pakistan on Monday launched its first artificial intelligence (AI) “techathon” in Islamabad to encourage youth-led innovation and strengthen the country’s digital economy, Arab News reported. The event, titled Uraan AI…

Survey Finds 87% of Game Developers Using AI to Cut Costs ………………. A new Google Cloud survey shows that 87 percent of video game developers are using artificial intelligence (AI) agents to automate tasks and reduce production costs, Reuters reported.…

AI Chatbot Given Power to Close “Distressing” Chats ————————– The AI company Anthropic has given its advanced chatbot, Claude Opus 4, the ability to end conversations that it finds “distressing,” The Guardian reported. This move, announced on Monday, is part…

NASA and ISRO’s Record-Breaking Radar Antenna Unfurled in Orbit —————————– NASA has successfully deployed the record-breaking radar antenna for its NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, a joint Earth science project with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), SciTech Daily…

AI Breakthrough Accelerates Atom Assembly for Quantum Computing …………….. Artificial intelligence has been used to rapidly arrange arrays of atoms, a development that could advance the future of quantum computing, Dig Watch reported. A team led by physicist Jian-Wei Pan…

Iraq’s higher education embraces AI era: Promise and obstacles ——————————– Based on a report by Shafaq News, Iraq is making a significant move into the age of artificial intelligence with the establishment of new colleges and academic programs. The Ministry…

New “Black Metal” Device Generates 15x More Solar Electricity ——————————- Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a new type of solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) that is 15 times more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than current devices,…