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China blocks Meta’s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus

29 avril 2026 /

“China has ordered Meta to unwind its $2bn acquisition of artificial intelligence app Manus, as Washington and Beijing vie for dominance over the emerging technology.
The decision marks an extraordinary late-stage intervention by Beijing, involving two non-Chinese companies. Meta had already begun to integrate software from Manus, which was founded in China but relocated to Singapore last year.
It was unclear how the acquisition could be unwound at such a late stage. A person briefed on Beijing’s decision said the announcement could be intended primarily as a warning for similar deals in the future.”

Source : China blocks Meta’s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus

Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use

29 avril 2026 /

“DeepMind’s chief scientist Jeff Dean has been the most vocal executive on the issue so far. In February, he posted on X that “Mass surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment and has a chilling effect on freedom of expression.” He added that he still backed a 2018 commitment to ban lethal autonomous weapons.
Google has faced previous protests against its military ties. In 2018, several staff quit and thousands signed a petition against Project Maven, which used AI to improve drone strikes. Google did not renew the contract and pledged not to work on AI for weapons or surveillance.
However, last year it quietly dropped that stance in an update of its AI Principles, deleting language that promised not to pursue “weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people”.
Co-founder Demis Hassabis explained the decision by saying that the world has changed since Google acquired DeepMind in 2014. Multiple frontier models are now widely available and US tech companies have a duty to help the country defend itself.”

Source : Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use

AI helps chemists design molecules step by step – EPFL AI Center

29 avril 2026 /

“Synthegy addresses reaction mechanisms in a similar way: It breaks reactions into elementary electron movements and explores multiple possibilities. The LLM assesses each step, guiding the search toward chemically plausible mechanisms. Additional information, such as reaction conditions or expert hypotheses, can also be incorporated as text.
In synthesis planning, Synthgey successfully identified routes that match complex strategic requests. In a double-blind expert study, 36 chemists provided 368 valid evaluations, and their judgments aligned with the system’s assessments 71.2% of the time on average. The framework can detect unnecessary protecting steps, assess reaction feasibility, and prioritize efficient pathways.
Synthegy shows that LLMs can analyze chemistry across multiple levels. They can interpret functional groups, assess individual reactions, and evaluate complete synthetic pathways. Larger and more advanced models demonstrate the strongest performance, while smaller models show limited capability.”

Source : AI helps chemists design molecules step by step – EPFL AI Center

24 avril 2026 /

“Sony AI’s latest research, published on the cover of Nature, addresses a long-standing challenge in physical AI: Can a high-speed autonomous system master the complex perception and dynamic control required to compete against professional athletes?”

Source : Ace Research Project | Sony AI

22 avril 2026 /

I time travelled to Ancient Rome. 44 BC. Julius Caesar is literally alive. And I spent a full day just — living here. I used a Roman toilet (with strangers. Simultaneously.), ate fermented fish sauce and went back for more, got scraped with a metal tool at the public baths, watched a gladiator nearly die and voted on whether he did, had a four course dinner at a senator’s house, and ended up on a boat on the Tiber watching the most incredible city in the ancient world go by at golden hour. This is not a history lesson. This is just — what it actually felt like to be here. And it was a lot. Come with me 🏛️

Source : Chloe VS History (Jonathan Laram) – I time travelled to Ancient Rome! (Vlog)

22 avril 2026 /

“The creator of Chloe Vs History is also the creator behind Majestic Studios – a Youtube history channel that hit 14 million views in 90 days by using AI to bring historical scenes to life. In this first Think Art Loud Episode I speak with Jonathan Laramie. We get into why it works when so much AI content gets written off as slop, the role of trust in historical sources, and what it actually takes to build something like this with no background in filmmaking. A conversation about creativity, competition, and what everyone else is getting wrong about AI and storytelling.”

Source : Sam Hamper – The Maker of ‘Chloe vs History’ — How AI Brings The Past Alive (Majestic Studios).

ARC-AGI-3

22 avril 2026 /

What is ARC-AGI-3?

ARC-AGI-3 is an interactive reasoning benchmark which challenges AI agents to explore novel environments, acquire goals on the fly, build adaptable world models, and learn continuously.

A 100% score means AI agents can beat every game as efficiently as humans.

Instead of solving static puzzles, agents must learn from experience inside each environment—perceiving what matters, selecting actions, and adapting their strategy without relying on natural-language instructions.

Source : ARC-AGI-3

The Authoritarian Stack

22 avril 2026 /

“J.D. Vance, propulsé à la vice-présidence grâce à 15 millions de dollars de Peter Thiel, est devenu le visage de la gouvernance techno-droitiste. Dans son sillage, le réseau de Thiel s’est infiltré dans les rouages de l’État. Sous la bannière de la « tech patriotique », ce nouveau bloc construit l’infrastructure du contrôle — clouds, IA, finance, drones, satellites — un système intégré que nous appelons la Stack Autoritaire. Elle est plus rapide, idéologique et entièrement privatisée : un régime où ce sont les conseils d’administration, et non le droit public, qui fixent les règles. Notre enquête montre comment ces entreprises opèrent désormais comme des puissances quasi-étatiques — rédigeant les règles, remportant les appels d’offres et exportant leur modèle vers l’Europe, où il constitue un défi direct à la gouvernance démocratique.”

Source : The Authoritarian Stack

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