⚡ Briefs

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What AI is building elsewhere — research, health, space, new models. One issue a week. No governance here: the analysis stays on the blog.

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2026

n° 33

AI at the bedside and at the telescope

10 – 16 August 2026

Latest 3 briefs · 3 min

A telescope that schedules itself, an earlier diagnosis, and a study reminding us that assistance does not help everyone the same way. Three briefs, three sources. No governance here — that is the long-form aisle.

3 sources · Space, Health Read the issue →

n° 32

Maths, models, and viruses that came alive

3 – 9 August 2026

5 briefs · 5 min

Ten mathematics problems left open for decades, a coding ranking where four Chinese labs take four of the top eight places, a coding agent at Meta, and sixteen AI-written viruses waking up in culture dishes. Five briefs, five sources.

5 sources · Science, Models, Security Read the issue →

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