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GPT-5’s advanced capabilities cause a dramatic surge in power consumption Developer OpenAI acknowledges the growing challenge Big Tech companies rapidly building new data centers, heightening risks of power shortages Analysts warn that OpenAI

For two decades, we've treated language as a human input/output problem: fingers to type, lungs and lips to speak, and years of training to master a second language. That design hypothesis has just been broken. In August 2025, a team led by Stanford reported a brain implant that decoded "internal speech" — silent, self-generated words — at the command with up to 74% accuracy from a vocabulary of 125,000 words,  protected by a thought password that prevented accidental decoding in about 98% of cases.

In July 2025, Google DeepMind reported that the Gemini "Deep Think" system solved five of the six problems of the International Mathematical Olympiad for 35/42 points - gold medal level from the competition's scoring rubric. This is not just a feat of technology. It is a testament to the potential of artificial intelligence to inspire admiration and curiosity, sparking new ideas and approaches in education.

Seventy-two percent of U.S. teens have used an AI "partner," and more than half say they use one regularly. That's not a niche. It's the new default for teen relaxation, practice talks, and (increasingly) advice on familiar problems. At the same time, a national data snapshot shows that 54% of 12-17-year-olds report difficulty getting the necessary mental health care.

U.S. to deploy tracking tools to detect unauthorized AI chip transfers China’s semiconductor security concerns become reality U.S. Congress has been discussing mandatory location tracking for chips Reports have revealed that the U.S.

Samsung Electronics to invest $172 million in a new research center in Yokohama, Japan Strengthening advanced semiconductor “packaging” capabilities for next-generation chips Korea’s packaging technology still trails behind Taiwan’s cutting-edge leadership

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A recent wave of coverage claimed that Reinforcement Learning (RL) had leaped pure math by navigating the notoriously thorny Andrews-Curtis landscape, downplaying long-term potential counterexamples and hinting – breathlessly – at tools that could one day predict stock crashes, pandemics, and even climate disasters years in advance. The research team made progress: by combining the RL standard with intelligent motion compression ("supermoves"), they found paths through cases that had resisted search for decades.

Coding and other STEM roles Now handled automatically by AI Even computer science majors struggle to find jobs The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping hiring paradigms, upending long-standing advantages once enjoyed by graduates in

Final Ruling Due in November, Reversal UnlikelyChinese Firms’ IP Violations Under Scrutiny

Court Considers Chrome Divestiture to Address Google’s Search Monopoly Perplexity Formalizes Acquisition Intent First Revealed in April Court Testimony OpenAI and Yahoo: “Chrome Is a Strategic Player, We’re Interested in Acquiring It” U.S.

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