Researchers from MIT have used generative AI to screen chemical data and create new antibiotics for treatment-resistant infections like gonorrhoea.
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MIT researchers use generative AI to create new antibiotics for superbugs
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What AI challenges will Pope Leo XIV need to confront?
The very name Pope Leo XIV chose for himself carries a warning against artificial intelligence – Charles Camosy, bioethics and moral theology professor at Catholic University of America, breaks down the A.I. challenges Pope Leo XIV will need to tackle.Source: Youtube
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Agentic AI: How bots came for our workflows and drudgery
The latest innovation in the AI workplace revolution features agents that make decisions, and act alone, with minimal human involvement.Source: Youtube
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“What should be the relationship of AI & EdTech to education?”
What, if anything, should be the relationship of AI & EdTech to education? Featuring Audrey Watters, Shana V White, Vy Dao, and Charles Logan.Source: Youtube
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Michigan county is uses drones and AI to keep wastewater infrastructure running smoothly
Following a sinkhole disaster on Christmas Eve in 2016, Macomb County, Michigan, is using drones, 3D printing and AI to maintain its pipes and save millions of dollars.Source: Youtube
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OpenAI and Anthropic Offered Free Access to Their Chatbots to the U.S. Government
IBL News | New York
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Anthropic’s Claude will be offered for free to the Federal Government.
The move comes after OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have added to the General Services Administration’s list of approved AI vendors that can sell their services to civilian federal agencies.
They have been granted up to $200 million by the Department of Defense to advance U.S. national security capabilities.
In the case of Anthropic, this company has decided to extend the offer to “all three branches” of the U.S. government, including the legislative and judiciary branches, for one year.
“We believe the U.S. public sector should have access to the most advanced AI capabilities to tackle complex challenges, from scientific research to constituent services,” Anthropic said in a statement.
Anthropic will offer both Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government. The latter supports the security baseline FedRAMP High workloads, so that federal workers can use Claude for handling sensitive unclassified work.
In addition to being certified for FedRAMP High, Claude exhibits its existing secure infrastructure via partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud, and Palantir.
In its press release, the company noted that Claude is already being used at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to accelerate scientific discoveries, and also by the District of Columbia Department of Health to help residents access health services in multiple languages.
OpenAI’s official FedRAMP High offering is tied to Azure Government Cloud only. This company said that it is working to reduce its reliance on Azure to embrace a more diversified infrastructure approach.
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AI is already hurting the UK job market
UK businesses are dialing back hiring for jobs that are likely to be affected by the rollout of artificial intelligence, a study found, suggesting the new technology is accentuating a slowdown in the nation’s labor market.Source: Youtube
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AI-generated music sparks industry concern
Music generated by artificial intelligence, which can take only two minutes to produce, has sparked ethical concerns in the industry.Source: Youtube
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OpenAI Reactivates 4o the Model Picker for Paid Users
IBL News | New York
OpenAI introduced new “Auto,” “Fast,” and “Thinking” settings for GPT-5 this week, contradicting its statement that would simplify the promise of “one size fits all” experience, with a sole AI model.
Now ChatGPT users can select from the model picker. The Auto setting works like GPT-5’s model router that OpenAI initially announced. However, the company is also giving users options to circumnavigate it, allowing them to access fast and slow responding AI models directly.
Sam Altman, CEO at OpenAI, made the announcement on a post on X on Tuesday.
Updates to ChatGPT:
You can now choose between “Auto”, “Fast”, and “Thinking” for GPT-5. Most users will want Auto, but the additional control will be useful for some people.
Rate limits are now 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and then extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking…
— Sam Altman (@sama) August 13, 2025
Alongside GPT-5’s new modes, 4o is back in the model picker for all paid users by default.
These paid users also now have a “Show additional models” toggle in ChatGPT web settings, which will add models like o3, 4.1, and GPT-5 Thinking mini.
4.5 is only available to Pro users, as it costs a lot of GPUs.
The deprecation of GPT-4o and other AI models in ChatGPT sparked a backlash among users who had grown attached to the AI models’ responses and personalities in ways that OpenAI had not anticipated.
In the future, Altman says the company will give users plenty of advance notice if it ever deprecates GPT-4o. “If we ever do deprecate it, we will give plenty of notice.”
