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An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the company’s response—are striking. Read more → Humanlike “teeth” have been grown in mini pigs The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work. Read more → Four Chinese AI startups to watch beyond DeepSeek These companies are all in a position to compete both within China and beyond. Read more → OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic In just minutes, Deep Research can produce reports that would take humans “tens of hours” to complete. Read more → How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead The Chinese firm has pulled back the curtain to expose how the top labs may be building their next-generation models. Now things get interesting. Read more → Catch up on the stories readers are talking about: OpenAI releases its new o3-mini reasoning model for free   How the Rubin Observatory will help us understand dark matter and dark energy   Green steel: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025   How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions   This quantum computer built on server racks paves the way to bigger machines Subscribe for exclusive access to the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025 list and explore the game-changing innovations shaping the future. Plus, receive a free digital report on small language models. SUBSCRIBE FOR ACCESS

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