Latest AI (Artificial Intelligence) News
60 Minutes Reports on AI Risks to Children and Job Displacement
Researchers warn AI chatbots can harm kids, as detailed in Sharyn Alfonsi's December report. Anthropic's CEO cautions AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs, spiking unemployment to 10-20% in 1-5 years.
Google DeepMind pursues artificial general intelligence (AGI) for superhuman reasoning in code, medicine, and robotics.
AI Revolutionizes Scientific Research with Ethical Safeguards
AI integrates self-supervised and geometric deep learning to handle vast datasets, accelerating hypothesis generation and data interpretation per Nature study. Breakthroughs span drug design, protein engineering, and bio-based materials in chemistry and renewable energy.
Autonomous labs reduce drug development from years to months.
UNDP Report: AI Risks Widening Global Development Gaps
Unmanaged AI could spark divergence by increasing inequality between countries' economic performance, per UNDP's December 10 report. Development gaps between nations are set to widen without intervention.
The report calls for managed AI deployment to mitigate divides.
AI-Powered Discovery Reveals Electronic Quasicrystals in Semiconductors
Neural network-based variational Monte Carlo uncovers metallic, crystalline phases, and a novel electronic quasicrystal in quantum wells. This new quantum phase, stabilized by fluctuations, emerges in bilayer configurations influenced by well thickness.
Findings open avenues for advanced materials and devices.
Pentagon Unleashes AI in Defense Operations Weekly Update
U.S. Department of Defense highlights AI advancements in its 'This Week in DOW' report from December 12. Focus includes unleashing AI capabilities alongside growing Australian partnerships and spacecom developments.
AI enhances operational efficiencies in military contexts.
AI Identifies New Parkinson's Drug via Allosteric Targeting
Gain Therapeutics' Magellan platform uses AI and physics-based modeling to discover GT-02287, restoring glucocerebrosidase activity for Parkinson's. The allosteric modulator enters Phase 2 trials in 2026 after Phase 1b data in Q4 2025.
Platform targets 90% of undruggable proteins with high specificity.
Google's Gemini Deep Research Ushers in Autonomous AI Agents
Gemini Deep Research evolves AI into autonomous agents generating hypotheses and designing experiments, acting as digital scientists. This shift moves from pattern recognition to active research collaborators across disciplines.
Tech giants build networks simulating research teams for breakthroughs.
AI Frontiers: 65 Cutting-Edge Papers Synthesized from December
Video overview covers latest cs.AI papers from December 1, 2025, on imperfection, pluralism, and brain decoding advancements. Highlights transformations in AI research capabilities.
Represents rapid progress in machine intelligence.
AI Drives Autonomous Weapons and AGI Race per 60 Minutes
Palmer Luckey advocates AI-powered autonomous weapons as warfare's future in August report. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis discusses AGI chase for versatile silicon intellect.
AI now writes 90% of Anthropic's code and aids complex analysis.
AI Poised for Robotics Breakthroughs and Agent Economies
Experts predict humanoid robots demonstrating useful tasks within couple years. Microsoft's 2026 outlook foresees adaptive robotics and agent-native economies redefining science.
AI aids simulations like superionic states in Earth's core.