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J Studios/Getty ImagesFor better or worse, AI tools have steadily become a reality of the academic landscape since ChatGPT launched in late 2022. Anthropic is studying what that looks like in real time. On Tuesday, shortly after launching Claude for Education, the company released data on which tasks university students use its AI chatbot Claude for and which majors use it the most. Also: The work tasks people use Claude AI for most, according to AnthropicUsing Clio, the company’s data analysis tool, to maintain user privacy, Anthropic analyzed 574,740 anonymized conversations between Claude and users at the Free and Pro…

Like finding the best solution in a game of chess or the board game Go, artificial intelligence could help accelerate the discovery of drugs from a decade to potentially weeks, according to Nobel laureate and Cambridge alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis.The chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind described a new era of ‘digital biology’ – and offered his insights into a future of artificial general intelligence, helping us to understand our place in the universe.Sir Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind. Picture: GoogleSir Demis was speaking at a special event in Cambridge, exploring how AI can accelerate scientific discovery, bringing “digital…

OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch its own social network. To understand why, consider what Elon Musk has done with X in recent years.After overpaying for Twitter, one of the first things he did was shut off bot access to this social network. There were howls of protest. Most explanations focused on the assumption that Musk was gutting Twitter for some sort of evil fun.What he was actually doing was protecting Twitter’s valuable data from being pillaged by other tech companies that wanted to use this information for free to create generative AI models.Instead, Musk’s new AI startup, xAI, got…

According to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, Tesla and Detroit’s Big Three—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—could benefit from a potential delay in President Trump’s auto tariffs. In late March, President Trump announced 25% tariffs on imported vehicles, effective April 3, 2025. The U.S. President also announced tariffs for auto parts, slated for May. Ives previously criticized Trump’s auto tariffs, calling them a source of “pure chaos” for the auto industry. “A U.S. car made entirely with U.S. parts is a fictional tale,” he said, warning that tariffs could spike car prices by $5,000 to $10,000. Ives emphasized that dismantling a decades-old…

arXiv:2504.09058v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recently, stepwise supervision on Chain of Thoughts (CoTs) presents an enhancement on the logical reasoning tasks such as coding and math, with the help of Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS). However, its contribution to tasks requiring domain-specific expertise and knowledge remains unexplored. Motivated by the interest, we identify several potential challenges of vanilla MCTS within this context, and propose the framework of Stepwise Domain Knowledge-Driven Reasoning Optimization, employing the MCTS algorithm to develop step-level supervision for problems that require essential comprehension, reasoning, and specialized knowledge. Additionally, we also introduce the Preference Optimization towards Reflection Paths,…

Researchers from Stanford University early today published the latest edition of their annual AI Index Report, detailing the growing influence of artificial intelligence technologies on our society and the global economy. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, has been publishing its annual reports on the state of the AI industry since 2017. This year’s edition, the eighth, is the “most comprehensive” report to date, spanning more than 430 pages. The authors say it’s arriving at a critical juncture as the influence of AI across society rapidly accelerates with the emergence of increasingly capable and sophisticated…

Russia has stolen more than 1.7 million pieces of Ukrainian cultural heritage since its full-scale invasion began, according to the Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi. In an interview with Ukrinform, Tochytskyi said he spoke to European Union culture ministers, including representatives of Norway, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, during an informal meeting in Warsaw (April 7-8), about artworks and artifacts looted from Ukraine and sold on the black market. He thanked his colleagues for their aid against such threats to Ukrainian art and culture but stressed that more efforts were needed to end the trafficking scheme…

An IBM Z employee (left) shows launch event attendees the new z17 mainframe via a plexiglass prototype model (right) at IBM’s One Madison office.Melinda Huspen/American Banker IBM says its latest mainframe comes with the ability to run artificial intelligence models at high speeds and to provide quantum-grade encryption on transactions and data.The IBM z17 features expanded on-chip AI capabilities and upgraded hardware and software designed to assist in fraud prevention and quantum security. The “Z” stands for zero downtime, according to IBM Z Chief Product Officer Tina Tarquinio.The z17 model was unveiled during a launch event for IBM Z clients…

“The pace of scientific discoveries in the national interest will be slowed,” according to the court filing. “Progress on a safe and effective nuclear deterrent, novel energy sources, and cures for debilitating and life-threatening illness will be obstructed. America’s rivals will celebrate, even as science and industry in the United States suffer.”Get Rhode MapA weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State.The universities asked a federal judge in Boston to immediately block the Trump administration from moving forward with the policy change. These indirect research expenses include electricity, money for…

AsianFin — The global venture capital (VC) transaction volumes plunged in the first quarter of 2025, according to global research institutions Crunchbase and PitchBook-NVCA.Despite a decline in overall deal volume, artificial intelligence (AI) investments have experienced the most robust quarter in the first quarter of 2025 since mid-2022.Global VC transactions in Q1 2025 reached 7,551 deals, a 32% year-over-year decline, as per PitchBook. However, the total transaction value surged to $126.3 billion, representing a 53.46% increase compared to the same period in 2024.AI and machine learning led the charge, with 2,101 transactions worth $73.1 billion, making up 57.87% of the…