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https://generalistai.com/blog/nov-04-2025-GEN-0

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https://moonshotai.github.io/Kimi-K2/thinking.html

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Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot

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Doctors from Scotland and the US have completed what is thought to be a world-first stroke procedure using a robot.

Prof Iris Grunwald, of the University of Dundee, performed the remote thrombectomy - the removal of blood clots after a stroke - on a human cadaver that had been donated to medical science.

The professor was at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, while the body she was operating on while using the machine was across the city at the university.

Hours later, Ricardo Hanel - a neurosurgeon in Florida - used the technology to carry out the first transatlantic surgery from his Jacksonville base on a human body in Dundee over 4,000 miles (6,400km) away.

The team has called it a potential "game changer" if it becomes approved for use on patients.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw983pvz6lo



Credit: University of Dundee

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Google turns biased AI answers on, off, and back on again mid-campaign

https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/258780 ... n-weer-aan

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World’s first mass humanoid robot delivery begins as UBTech sends Walker S2 units

Shenzhen is now home to a major robotics milestone as UBTECH Robotics confirmed that hundreds of its Walker S2 humanoid robots have been shipped to active industrial facilities.

The move answers the key questions of what happened, where it happened, who is involved, why it matters, and when the rollout began. UBTECH stated that production increased in mid-November, and the first batch has already reached partners who need more workers on assembly lines.

UBTECH shipped hundreds of Walker S2 humanoids. | UBTECH/YouTube

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Researchers unveil first-ever defense against cryptanalytic attacks on AI

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-unv ... ic-ai.html

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Russian networks flood the Internet with propaganda, aiming to corrupt AI chatbots

https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/russian ... -chatbots/

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A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity

November 24, 2025

A new theoretical analysis published in the Journal of Creative Behaviour challenges the prevailing narrative that artificial intelligence is on the verge of surpassing human artistic and intellectual capabilities. The study provides evidence that large language models, such as ChatGPT, are mathematically constrained to a level of creativity comparable to an amateur human.

https://www.psypost.org/a-mathematical- ... reativity/

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I wonder if this is an oversimplification of what creativity is. For example, "A black cat sat on the couch" is a boring sentence in itself, but it could mean something completely different and creative within the context of i dunno, an understatement following some gruesome war crimes similar to the bird going "pootweet" in Slaughterhouse-5. human creativity is not expressed as a series of single sentences divorced from context.

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MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce

Published Wed, Nov 26 2025 10:00 AM EST Updated 13 Min Ago
MacKenzie Sigalos
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Key Points
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study that found that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market.
* The study was conducted using a labor simulation tool called the Iceberg Index, which was created by MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
* For lawmakers preparing billion-dollar reskilling and training investments, the index offers a detailed map of where disruption is forming down to the zip code.

AI can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. workforce, MIT study finds
Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday released a study that found that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, or as much as $1.2 trillion in wages across finance, health care and professional services.

The study was conducted using a labor simulation tool called the Iceberg Index, which was created by MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The index simulates how 151 million U.S. workers interact across the country and how they are affected by AI and corresponding policy.

The Iceberg Index, which was announced earlier this year, offers a forward-looking view of how AI may reshape the labor market, not just in coastal tech hubs but across every state in the country. For lawmakers preparing billion-dollar reskilling and training investments, the index offers a detailed map of where disruption is forming down to the zip code.

“Basically, we are creating a digital twin for the U.S. labor market,” said Prasanna Balaprakash, ORNL director and co-leader of the research. ORNL is a Department of Energy research center in eastern Tennessee, home to the Frontier supercomputer, which powers many large-scale modeling efforts.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/mit-stu ... force.html