Providers dropping common anesthesia drug that’s also a climate super pollutant

The European Union now prohibits desflurane's use during most procedures. [...]

OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry Tworek after seven years

Jerry Tworek, one of the key minds behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the o1 and o3 reasoning models, is leaving OpenAI after nearly seven years.<br /> The article OpenAI loses top AI researcher Jerry T [...]

TII’s Falcon H1R 7B can out-reason models up to 7x its size — and it’s (mostly) open

For the last two years, the prevailing logic in generative AI has been one of brute force: if you want better reasoning, you need a bigger model. While "small" models (under 10 billion param [...]

A Small Device Unveiled at CES Tells You Instantly If There's Gluten in Your Food (No, Really)

Allergen Alert, a new device unveiled at CES this week, uses laboratory science to detect food allergens and gluten while you're on the go, preventing potentially life-threatening reactions. [...]

Boston Dynamics announces production-ready version of Atlas robot at CES 2026

After years of testing its humanoid robot (and forcing it to dance), Boston Dynamics' Atlas is entering production. The robotics company says the final product version of the robot is being built [...]

Appeals court upholds block on one of Trump’s cuts to research funds

The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate. [...]

A Small Device Unveiled at CES Tells You Instantly if There's Gluten in Your Food

Allergen Alert uses laboratory science to detect food allergens and gluten while you're on the go, preventing potentially life-threatening reactions. [...]

Mistral AI just released a text-to-speech model it says beats ElevenLabs — and it's giving away the weights for free

The enterprise voice AI market is in the middle of a land grab. ElevenLabs and IBM announced a collaboration just this week to bring premium voice capabilities into IBM's watsonx Orchestrate plat [...]

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor

Who needs a supercomputer when you can calculate pi with a box of sewing needles? [...]