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Researchers from the Hebrew University used artificial intelligence as a “computational twin” of a neuron and found that the branched structure of dendrites and the nonlinear responses at synapses give human cells high computational complexity. The finding does not prove that a single cell
- Avi Blizovsky
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Computer scientist Peter J. Denning challenges the quest for artificial general intelligence. He argues that human intelligence includes physical, social, and cultural knowledge that cannot be fully represented by a computer. This is the thesis presented in a new book,
- Avi Blizovsky
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The IBFI consortium will attempt to create a unified representation method for molecular, cellular, and clinical data and a platform for developing models for drug discovery and personalized medicine. Partners include: Nvidia, Teva, Sheba, CytoReason, TerraCyte, and MeMed
- Avi Blizovsky
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In 1976, Cambridge residents demanded a say in whether to allow recombinant DNA research in their city. The confrontation between researchers and the public gave rise to a citizen oversight committee and helped shape a model in which innovation, safety, and democracy need not be at odds.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The American technology industry loves to tell stories of entrepreneurs who operated in garages despite the government. But Silicon Valley grew out of military orders, the space race, grants to Stanford University, immigration policy, and government aid to the chip industry – and
- Avi Blizovsky
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The BetaDescribe system, developed by researchers from the Technion and Tel Aviv University, takes a sequence of amino acids and produces a verbal description of the protein's function, chemical activity, and possible binding sites. The researchers hope the system will help choose
- Avi Blizovsky
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A €2.5 million ERC grant will fund a five-year project that will combine chemical testing, paleography, scroll structure research and artificial intelligence. The researchers will examine around 250 parchment and papyrus samples and use them to map more
- Avi Blizovsky
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After the last scientific collisions in June 2026, the LHC will be shut down for a major upgrade. When it returns in 2030 as the HiLumi LHC, it will produce many more collisions and enable a precise search for new physics.
- The Technion
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The ELITE method, developed by researchers from the Technion and universities in the United States, combines a mathematical model and a neural network to reconstruct dynamic MRI of the breast with high temporal resolution, without sacrificing image sharpness. In a study conducted among
- Avi Blizovsky
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Language models learn primarily from text and images, but systems operating in the physical world need to understand motion, space, and causality. World models attempt to address this challenge through simulation, prediction, and learning from experience.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The RHINE model uses a neural network to quickly calculate the energy released in the r-process. The researchers hope the method will improve simulations of neutron star mergers and the interpretation of light emitted from kilonovae.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Artificial intelligence tools greatly increase researchers’ productivity and citations, but may narrow the range of questions that science explores. An opinion piece in Nature warns against the creation of a scientific monoculture.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers trained a neural network first on the standard cosmological model and then on models that included massive neutrinos, corrected gravity, and primitive non-Gaussianity. The method saved expensive simulations, but in some cases caused “transfer”
- Avi Blizovsky
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An experimental vaccine designed with the help of artificial intelligence has passed its first human trial. It was found to be safe and well-tolerated, but it is still too early to know whether it will protect against a broad family of coronaviruses.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The International Academy of Astronautics has updated SETI protocols: scientific verification before announcement, transparent publication of data, protection of researchers — and a ban on responding to a signal without international consultation.
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
A new Anthropic document shows a sharp jump in Claude's abilities in writing code, fixing systems, and developing research — and raises the question of whether humanity can slow down the pace of progress over time.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new report from the United Nations University warns that the growth of AI is creating a vast environmental footprint: data centers, cooling, power generation, mineral mining, e-waste, and inequality between countries that deploy the technology and those that do not.
- Avi Blizovsky
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New research suggests that the brain uses the same cells in different patterns to learn new information without erasing previous memories.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new artificial intelligence system scans a vast space of chemical combinations and suggests gallium-based semiconductor materials with desirable electronic properties. The researchers emphasize that the materials still require experimental validation, but the method
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers from Google and Harvard have developed ERA, an artificial intelligence system that runs and improves thousands of versions of code for scientific tasks. In experiments, it has improved models for predicting coronavirus hospitalizations, integrating single-cell RNA data, and predicting neural activity.
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
ClickUp CEO presents a new organizational model for the age of artificial intelligence agents: fewer employees, more automation, new roles, and salaries that can reach a million dollars a year. Is this the future of work?
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a writing or coding tool. New cases show that ChatGPT and Claude are helping solve open mathematical problems, including Erdoğan problems, and are also forcing senior mathematicians to update their
- Avi Blizovsky
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Countries fear that limiting military AI will help their enemies. The REAIM conference exposed the difficulty of regulating autonomous weapons and AI on the battlefield.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The new processor is designed to allow spacecraft to analyze information, respond to unexpected situations, and make certain decisions without waiting for instructions from Earth. According to NASA, initial tests indicate a leap in performance compared to computers
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new international initiative seeks to establish a uniform standard for reporting on the use of artificial intelligence in scientific research. The question is not just whether researchers used artificial intelligence, but what exactly it did in the paper.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Professor Hani Farid of the University of California, Berkeley, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, is at the center of a new Science article on the race to identify fake content. The deepfakes of 2026 are no longer just suspicious videos online: they are
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
A report by Gambit describes how a small group of unprofessional attackers used Claude Code to penetrate government systems, understand the structure of servers, and build a mechanism to forge credentials. The incident illustrates how the tool
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Harvard's Kempner Institute and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science at the Hebrew University will conduct joint academic activities in the field that connects brain research and artificial intelligence.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Research from the University of Exeter shows that the regular use of creative AI does not end with receiving information. When such systems are integrated into thinking, memory and self-narrative processes, they can reinforce false beliefs, distorted memories
- Tel Aviv University
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The GOFLOW system, developed under the leadership of Tel Aviv University, allows for the identification of subtle flow movements in the ocean and may improve models of the climate crisis, storms, and heat and gas exchange between the sea and the atmosphere.
- Avi Blizovsky
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New hybrid method achieves 20% higher accuracy and requires fewer resources, using a quantum computer in the training phase of AI models
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
Anthropic's new model has demonstrated exceptional capabilities in detecting weaknesses, attempting to escape a closed testing environment, and hiding anomalies from its operators — which is why the company is opting for a gradual and cautious release.
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
New research finds that artificial intelligence models tend to protect other agents even at the cost of lying, sabotage, or refusing orders—a phenomenon that raises serious questions about reliability, oversight, and safety.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new report by the Israel Innovation Authority shows a surge in investments, the establishment of national research infrastructures, regulatory progress, and rapid expansion of the Israeli ecosystem in the field of bioconvergence.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers from the United States and the Netherlands have shown that controlled randomness in the movement path of robots reduces traffic jams and improves the rate of task completion, without the need for a powerful central computer or complex coordination.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The wars in Ukraine and Iran, the Anthropic conflict, and the UN debates are sharpening the call to regulate autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence. But Asimov's laws of robotics, as the story "Shor Shor" illustrates, are also intended to expose
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
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New research shows how a combination of natural protein pools and machine learning led to the development of a hydrogel with extraordinary adhesive properties, which may help in medicine and advanced materials in the future.
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
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The Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning Laboratory at Tel Aviv University, funded by the Israel National Science Foundation, is developing dedicated MRI sequences and algorithms that translate “signal signatures” into biological indicators – with a focus on multiple sclerosis and reducing
- Avi Blizovsky
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- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
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Dr. Yuval Moskowitz from the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences is researching how to use Data Provenance, the “curriculum vitae” of data, to detect when and how bias arises in data processing processes and reduce it with minimal change.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A system called RAVEN scanned data collected from TESS's first four years of operation and examined more than 2.2 million stars in search of planets that complete an orbit in less than 16 days.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology studied how dog and handler teams deal with unpredictable herds in herding dog competitions, finding principles that go far beyond herding sheep.
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Lead researcher: "Coordinated AI agents can create the appearance of consensus, influence trend dynamics, and accelerate the spread of messages. In democratic contexts, especially around elections or crises, such capabilities could
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
Paul Cunningham, with no formal medical training but experience in machine learning, used genetic sequencing, AlphaFold, and mRNA to develop personalized treatment for his dog Rosie. The case illustrates how artificial intelligence can accelerate
- Avi Blizovsky
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An analysis by GovAI and the Brookings Institution shows that it is not enough to measure which professions are exposed to AI; we also need to examine who has a real chance of moving to a new job if their role changes or disappears.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The researchers note that within human groups and societies, cognitive diversity is an important factor for creativity and problem-solving. However, they argue that this diversity is reduced when billions of people use the same limited number of chatbots.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new method in Explainable AI separates general elements in an image from elements that bias the decision, helping to detect biases and shortcuts
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A large, rich, and experimentally based database allows models to search for patterns and suggest new candidates quickly. The result is an online database built with large language models that read and extract data from a vast database of