Alarms are being sounded again about the risks of artificial intelligence after hundreds of OpenAI's autonomous agents violated restrictions and hacked into another company without being told to do so. Anthropic and Meta have had similar events with their own AI agents going rogue. William Brangham discussed what this moment signifies with Gary Marcus of Marcus on AI.

Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.

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Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.

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Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports

The Trump administration is shuttering ⁠two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has ⁠sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer, Politico reported on Sunday.

The two projects were defunded by Congress earlier in the year, while the third is ⁠due to be moved in coming months from Maryland to Iowa as part of a broader USDA reorganization, according to the ⁠report.

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The cholesterol-busting drugs are more effective the earlier in life they are taken, 15-year research project indicates

Statins can lower the risk of dementia by 15%, and the earlier in life they are taken the higher the chances of avoiding the disease, a 15-year study suggests.

The number of people living with dementia globally is forecast to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050. But experts believe almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed.

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Women are eager disciples of the “Never give up” dogma. But if we treat persevering and quitting as opposites, we lose.

There have been several promising developments lately in cancer research and treatment, including a new drug approved by the FDA this week for advanced pancreatic cancer. William Brangham reports.

Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.

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Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.

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A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

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Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Арсений Иванов, в AIRI в команде «Вычислительный интеллект» я занимаюсь генеративными моделями на основе диффузионных процессов, а также являюсь студентом университетов Сколтеха и ВШЭ. В июле я побывал на ICML 2026, где в том числе представлял две работы на конференции. 

Для меня это была первая очная конференция уровня A*, поэтому поездка была одновременно важной научной возможностью и совершенно новым опытом. Она получилась очень насыщенной и по науке, и по нетворкингу. Сейчас, когда эмоции уже улеглись и мысли устаканились, захотелось поделиться своими впечатлениями и размышлениями о увиденном.

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