AI News on July 7th
1. DeepMind Spinoff Launches First AI-Designed Drug Human Trial Powered by AlphaFold
#Biotech #AI #Pharmaceutical
Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spinoff, has initiated the first human clinical trial for an AI-designed drug. Leveraging AlphaFold's protein structure prediction, the company collaborates with major pharma firms to advance AI-discovered drug candidates, replacing traditional trial-and-error methods to potentially slash development cycles and costs.
2. AI Revolutionizes Fertility Medicine: 18-Year IVF Couple Succeeds with Sperm Analysis Outperforming Humans
#Healthcare #AI #Fertility
AI is transforming reproductive medicine through computer vision and deep learning algorithms that precisely analyze sperm samples. Commercial diagnostic tools and home test kits now leverage this technology to improve male infertility diagnosis and reduce treatment costs, exemplified by an 18-year IVF couple's recent success.
3. ChatGPT Testing "Study Together" Feature with Select Users
#Education #OpenAI #ChatGPT
OpenAI is piloting a new "Study together" feature in ChatGPT, offering step-by-step learning guidance. Early access has been granted to select users, marking a departure from traditional interaction modes.
4. AlphaFold Prototype Emerged in 2016? NeurIPS Talk Revealed Key Protein Prediction Method
#AI #Science #NeurIPS
A 2016 NeurIPS presentation by Vladimir of Daniel Cremers' team proposed using deep neural networks to predict protein contact maps from co-evolution statistics - achieving CASP11 accuracy/speed records. Though uncited by AlphaFold, this work anticipated "architecture tuning + model scaling" improvements.
5. Claude Code Hits 115K Developers, Edits 195M Lines Weekly Generating $125M+
#Programming #Anthropic #AI
Anthropic's Claude Code now serves 115,000 developers who accepted 81% of its 195M weekly code edits, driving $125M+ revenue. With Claude Code Opus reaching junior engineer competency, anticipation grows for Claude 4.5 (Neptune).
6. Meta Proposes "Mental World Model" for Embodied AI to Understand Human Intent
#AI #Meta #CognitiveScience
Meta's new framework enables embodied AI agents to build "mental world models" integrating multimodal perception and human intention understanding. This advancement brings AI closer to human-like decision-making for physical/virtual interactions.
7. Users Criticize Microsoft Forcing Copilot AI Companion with $3 Price Hike
#Microsoft #AI #UserExperience
Outlook users report intrusive Copilot pop-ups and mandatory AI bundling across Microsoft software with a $3 monthly increase for 60 AI uses. Many find the feature gimmicky and resent the difficult opt-out process.
8. Princeton & DeepMind Release Centaur: Human Behavior Predictor Trained on 10M Decisions
#AI #Psychology #DeepMind
The 70B-parameter Centaur model, trained on Psych-101's 60K-participant/10M-decision dataset, accurately predicts human behavior in novel scenarios. Remarkably, its neural activation patterns mirror human brain activity during cognitive tasks.
9. Tech Giants Shift Focus to "Superintelligence" as AI Surpassing Humans Becomes New Goal
#AI #Superintelligence #Tech
Meta's Zuckerberg and ex-OpenAI researcher Ilya Sutskever are investing billions in superintelligence (AI surpassing humans in all tasks). While Yann LeCun considers this inevitable, critics cite vague definitions and unproven timelines.
10. NVIDIA RTX 5070 Dominates Amazon US June GPU Sales with 70% Market Share
#NVIDIA #GPU #Tech
TechEpiphany reports NVIDIA's RTX 5070 led June US Amazon sales with 5,450 units, while the 5060 Ti and 5070 Ti followed. NVIDIA claimed 70.51% of unit sales (31,200 total) and 78.61% revenue share ($18.72M).