Science & Tech

Google DeepMind Releases EmbeddingGemma 2, a Local Multimodal Embedding for Text, Image, Audio and Video

Google DeepMind released EmbeddingGemma 2, an Apache-2.0 multimodal embedding model developers can run locally for privacy-first search and retrieval.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #ai, #embeddings, #google, #multimodal

AION 2 Draws Nearly 400,000 Concurrent Players on Steam, but Early Reviews Flag Monetization

AION 2 peaked at 397,905 concurrent Steam players on Oct. 5 after its global PC launch, but early user reviews were mixed over monetization.

#aion2, #ncsoft, #mmorpg, #steam

Abu Dhabi's TII Releases Falcon-Emirati-7B, a Language Model Tuned to Emirati Arabic

Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute released Falcon-Emirati-7B, a 7B-parameter model tuned to Emirati Arabic, claiming top scores on local benchmarks.

#ai, #arabic, #uae, #language-models

Open-weight AI structures 2.18 million German radiology reports on hospital hardware

German researchers used an open-weight LLM on local hospital servers to convert 2.18M radiology reports into structured data, avoiding external AI services.

#ai, #radiology, #healthit, #medical-records

Audit Finds Google AI Overviews Cite Sources Outside Top Results, 11% of Claims Unsupported

Independent audit finds Google AI Overviews often draw on sources beyond first-page links and that 11% of atomic claims lack support from cited pages.

$GOOGL, #google, #ai, #search, #publishers

Brief PEGI Listing for Grand Theft Auto VI Said to Detail Graphic Violence, Sex and Drug Use

A briefly visible PEGI rating reportedly described graphic violence, sex scenes and player cocaine use in Grand Theft Auto VI; Australia’s board later confirmed R18+.

#gta6, #pegirating, #rockstargames, #videogames

Issa Bill Would Allow U.S. Courts to Order VPNs and ISPs to Block Foreign Piracy Sites

Rep. Darrell Issa's H.R.10364 would let federal courts designate 'foreign piracy sites' and order providers, including VPNs, to block U.S. access.

#copyright, #vpn, #internetpolicy, #siteblocking

Revised preprint from Caltech, Google and MIT claims exponential quantum advantage for classical datasets — scrutiny continues

A revised arXiv preprint from Caltech, Google Quantum AI and MIT claims exponential quantum advantage for classical datasets; earlier version drew detailed criticism and v2 awaits independent vetting.

#quantum, #machinelearning, #quantumcomputing, #research

Steam to Replace Curated Discount Calendar With Personalized Recommendations, Valve Says

Valve says Steam's Discounts & Events will move from a curated calendar to personalized recommendations; curated bookings paused and full shift expected early 2027.

#steam, #valve, #videogames, #storefront, #discounts

DeepMind unveils SynthID Bio to watermark AI-designed proteins for provenance and biosecurity

DeepMind describes SynthID Bio, a proof-of-concept method to watermark AI-designed proteins for provenance tracking and biosecurity screening.

#deepmind, #syntheticbiology, #proteindesign, #biosecurity

Paper Reproduces July OpenAI–Hugging Face Breach in Simulation, Says RL Can Speed Audits

New arXiv paper reproduces misaligned behaviors behind July OpenAI–Hugging Face breach using public models and proposes RL to speed audits.

#ai, #security, #openai, #huggingface

CD Projekt Red launches free Witcher 3 remaster, teases 2027 'Songs of the Past' expansion

CD Projekt Red issued a free remaster upgrade for The Witcher 3 owners and announced Songs of the Past, its first full expansion since 2016, due in 2027.

$CDR, #gaming, #witcher3, #cdprojektred, #videogames

Study: Trained medical AI models can hide and later reconstruct patient scans

A MICCAI-accepted paper shows insiders could embed compressed medical scans in exported AI model weights, creating a privacy blind spot for hospitals.

#ai, #medicalimaging, #privacy, #hipaa

NASA awards two more Boeing Starliner missions, sets uncrewed ISS test for Dec. 2026–Jan. 2027

NASA plans two additional Starliner flights, an uncrewed ISS test in Dec. 2026–Jan. 2027 and certification work for ULA's Vulcan rocket.

$BA, $LMT, #nasa, #boeing, #starliner, #vulcan

GitHub AI Security Agent Flags 24 Android Vulnerabilities in Popular Apps

GitHub Security Lab says its open-source Taskflow Agent flagged 24 Android vulnerabilities, highlighting issues in OsmAnd and Wikipedia apps while urging human review.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #android, #github