8/29/2025
8/29/2025 – Recent AI News
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MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection
Published: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:50:00 -0400 | (Link)
VaxSeer uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork. -
Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400 | (Link)
New research shows the natural variability in climate data can cause AI models to struggle at predicting local temperature and rainfall. -
New technologies tackle brain health assessment for the military
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:00:00 -0400 | (Link)
Tools build on years of research at Lincoln Laboratory to develop a rapid brain health screening capability and may also be applicable to civilian settings such as sporting events and medical offices. -
Can large language models figure out the real world?
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:30:00 -0400 | (Link)
New test could help determine if AI systems that make accurate predictions in one area can understand it well enough to apply that ability to a different area. -
A new model predicts how molecules will dissolve in different solvents
Published: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 | (Link)
Solubility predictions could make it easier to design and synthesize new drugs, while minimizing the use of more hazardous solvents. -
Caltech breakthrough makes quantum memory last 30 times longer
Published: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:49:15 EDT | (Link)
While superconducting qubits are great at fast calculations, they struggle to store information for long periods. A team at Caltech has now developed a clever solution: converting quantum information into sound waves. By using a tiny device that acts like a miniature tuning fork, the researchers were able to extend quantum memory lifetimes up to 30 times longer than before. This breakthrough could pave the way toward practical, scalable quantum computers that can both compute and remember. -
Why tiny bee brains could hold the key to smarter AI
Published: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:15:28 EDT | (Link)
Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this movement-based perception could revolutionize AI and robotics by emphasizing efficiency over massive computing power. -
Scientists just cracked the quantum code hidden in a single atom
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:35:14 EDT | (Link)
A research team has created a quantum logic gate that uses fewer qubits by encoding them with the powerful GKP error-correction code. By entangling quantum vibrations inside a single atom, they achieved a milestone that could transform how quantum computers scale. -
This simple magnetic trick could change quantum computing forever
Published: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 23:50:10 EDT | (Link)
Researchers have unveiled a new quantum material that could make quantum computers much more stable by using magnetism to protect delicate qubits from environmental disturbances. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on rare spin-orbit interactions, this method uses magnetic interactions—common in many materials—to create robust topological excitations. Combined with a new computational tool for finding such materials, this breakthrough could pave the way for practical, disturbance-resistant quantum computers.