Links for 2025-10-09 [Part 2]
Understanding the SEI formation in lithium-ion batteries using machine learning
1. Evidence for significant multi-Li+ clustering in common lithium-ion battery electrolytes https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68c08e353e708a7649010b9a
2. Scalable and accurate simulation of electrolyte solutions with quantum chemical accuracy https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2632-2153/adaf76
3. Exploring Lithium Diffusion in LiF with Machine Learning Potentials: From Point Defects to Collective Ring Diffusion https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68cd701e9008f1a467a2e37b
Neuroscience
1. A Mysterious Web of Tunnels Connects Brain Cells—Like the Network of Trees in a Forest https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/07/a-mysterious-we-of-tunnels-connects-brain-cells-like-the-network-of-trees-in-a-forest/
2. Self-supervised predictive learning accounts for cortical layer-specificity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61399-5
3. Large-scale cortical functional networks are organized in structured cycles https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02052-8
4. A glimpse at what NeuroAI brain models might enable: a topographic vision model predicts stimulation patterns that steer complex object recognition behavior. This could be a key ‘software’ component for visual prosthetic hardware. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03684
Science
1. Genetically engineered human mesenchymal progenitor (stem) cells, termed senescence-resistant cells (SRCs), can not only halt aging but also roll back its clinical and functional negative effects. https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00571-9
2. MIT researchers discovered a hidden atomic order that persists in metals even after extreme processing. https://news.mit.edu/2025/uncovering-new-physics-metals-manufacturing-1008
Technology
1. Europe’s first production plant for rare-earth magnets opens https://www.ft.com/content/6b16c87e-bdfd-45ab-ab01-b69d97541126 [no paywall: https://archive.is/GEyTZ]
2. The AI Boom Has a Copper Problem. Are Microbes the Solution? https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-copper
3. SHIELD Activated: Researchers build a defense to protect drones from cyberattacks https://news.fiu.edu/2025/shield-activated-researchers-build-a-defense-to-protect-drones-from-cyberattacks
Miscellaneous
1 .You Should Get a Reusable Mask https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wXwjMbtiSqALMEw2g/you-should-get-a-reusable-mask
2. Originality is bullshit because everything good is just a remix Joan Westenberg argues that chasing originality is creativity’s biggest scam—Shakespeare stole plots, Jobs remixed Xerox, and every viral TikTok is just iterations on iterations. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/originality-is-a-scam
Understanding the SEI formation in lithium-ion batteries using machine learning
1. Evidence for significant multi-Li+ clustering in common lithium-ion battery electrolytes https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68c08e353e708a7649010b9a
2. Scalable and accurate simulation of electrolyte solutions with quantum chemical accuracy https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2632-2153/adaf76
3. Exploring Lithium Diffusion in LiF with Machine Learning Potentials: From Point Defects to Collective Ring Diffusion https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68cd701e9008f1a467a2e37b
Neuroscience
1. A Mysterious Web of Tunnels Connects Brain Cells—Like the Network of Trees in a Forest https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/07/a-mysterious-we-of-tunnels-connects-brain-cells-like-the-network-of-trees-in-a-forest/
2. Self-supervised predictive learning accounts for cortical layer-specificity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61399-5
3. Large-scale cortical functional networks are organized in structured cycles https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02052-8
4. A glimpse at what NeuroAI brain models might enable: a topographic vision model predicts stimulation patterns that steer complex object recognition behavior. This could be a key ‘software’ component for visual prosthetic hardware. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03684
Science
1. Genetically engineered human mesenchymal progenitor (stem) cells, termed senescence-resistant cells (SRCs), can not only halt aging but also roll back its clinical and functional negative effects. https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00571-9
2. MIT researchers discovered a hidden atomic order that persists in metals even after extreme processing. https://news.mit.edu/2025/uncovering-new-physics-metals-manufacturing-1008
Technology
1. Europe’s first production plant for rare-earth magnets opens https://www.ft.com/content/6b16c87e-bdfd-45ab-ab01-b69d97541126 [no paywall: https://archive.is/GEyTZ]
2. The AI Boom Has a Copper Problem. Are Microbes the Solution? https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-copper
3. SHIELD Activated: Researchers build a defense to protect drones from cyberattacks https://news.fiu.edu/2025/shield-activated-researchers-build-a-defense-to-protect-drones-from-cyberattacks
Miscellaneous
1 .You Should Get a Reusable Mask https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wXwjMbtiSqALMEw2g/you-should-get-a-reusable-mask
2. Originality is bullshit because everything good is just a remix Joan Westenberg argues that chasing originality is creativity’s biggest scam—Shakespeare stole plots, Jobs remixed Xerox, and every viral TikTok is just iterations on iterations. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/originality-is-a-scam
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1. GPT-5 Pro now holds the highest verified frontier LLM score on ARC-AGI’s Semi-Private benchmark: https://arcprize.org/leaderboard
2. Gemini 2.5 Deep Think sets a new record on FrontierMath: https://epoch.ai/blog/deep-think-math
Note that both labs already have much smarter internal models that won gold on IMO 2025 and achieved superhuman performance ICPC 2025. These are just the most expensive commercially available models.
2. Gemini 2.5 Deep Think sets a new record on FrontierMath: https://epoch.ai/blog/deep-think-math
Note that both labs already have much smarter internal models that won gold on IMO 2025 and achieved superhuman performance ICPC 2025. These are just the most expensive commercially available models.
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AI capabilities have been steadily improving across a wide range of skills, and show no sign of slowing down in the near term: https://epoch.ai/data-insights/ai-capabilities-over-past-year
Across benchmarks covering coding, math, scientific knowledge, common sense and visual reasoning, and more, state-of-the-art models have improved by 20 to 50 percentage points in the last year.
Revenues at frontier AI companies have more than tripled in the past year.
Across benchmarks covering coding, math, scientific knowledge, common sense and visual reasoning, and more, state-of-the-art models have improved by 20 to 50 percentage points in the last year.
Revenues at frontier AI companies have more than tripled in the past year.
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For those who still don't get it:
- Researchers working at the frontier labs are genuinely convinced that transformative AI is coming.
- They spend their time worrying about the social/political consequences of transformative AI, not the "AI bubble".
- Recursive self-improvement is on the table, and is the subject of serious discussions.
Read more: https://www.transformernews.ai/p/were-all-behind-the-curve-ai-bubble-crash-risk
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- Researchers working at the frontier labs are genuinely convinced that transformative AI is coming.
- They spend their time worrying about the social/political consequences of transformative AI, not the "AI bubble".
- Recursive self-improvement is on the table, and is the subject of serious discussions.
Read more: https://www.transformernews.ai/p/were-all-behind-the-curve-ai-bubble-crash-risk
via prinz
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German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems presented its Jäger Interceptor-UAV to the public. The drone has a maximum operational altitude of 5km, a speed of up to 405km/h, a range of 25km and a 0,8kg warhead.
The drone also features a solid fuel rocket booster that is meant to get the drone to its operating altitude as fast as possible.
https://quantum-systems.com/
The drone also features a solid fuel rocket booster that is meant to get the drone to its operating altitude as fast as possible.
https://quantum-systems.com/
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Thread by Terence Tao about using the Pro version of GPT-5: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/115351400633010670
Even if AI progress halts roughly where it is now, it's almost certain that AI will become an indispensable tool for professionals.
Even if AI progress halts roughly where it is now, it's almost certain that AI will become an indispensable tool for professionals.
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GPT-5 Pro sets a new record on FrontierMath Tier 4.
FrontierMath Tier 4 consists of research-level math problems developed by professional mathematicians. These problems can take experts weeks to solve. The problems the models are tested on are not public.
One problem solved in both of the GPT-5 Pro runs has not been solved by any other model. The problem author had this to say about it:
— Yizhe Zhu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of Southern California
FrontierMath Tier 4 consists of research-level math problems developed by professional mathematicians. These problems can take experts weeks to solve. The problems the models are tested on are not public.
One problem solved in both of the GPT-5 Pro runs has not been solved by any other model. The problem author had this to say about it:
GPT-5 Pro is on the right track, figuring out the main trick required. It didn't verify that the conditions for applying a particular theorem were satisfied, but that isn't the hardest part.
— Yizhe Zhu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of Southern California
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A reminder that the world’s most sophisticated technology is entirely owned by a relatively small German company, which is entirely owned by a 19th-century foundation that owns itself and is prohibited by statute from ever being sold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBVVHgOEsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBVVHgOEsM
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Boston Dynamics has released a new video about humanoid robot hands.
Grippers are one of the most intricate parts of a humanoid robot, packed with actuation and sensing; they need to be durable enough to handle tough jobs, but precise enough to handle fragile items. Our engineers share how the Atlas gripper has evolved as our manipulation capabilities expand and the principles that will guide future iterations.
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UC Berkley used OpenEvolve to discover algorithms across diverse domains that “outperform SOTA human designs”, achieving up to 5.0× runtime improvements or 50% cost reductions.
Conclusion:
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06189
Conclusion:
One of the most profound implication is the potential for a virtuous cycle. We can use an ADRS to improve itself. As recent work has shown, models can learn to refine their own reasoning, debug their code, and discover more effective strategies.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06189
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Links for 2025-10-11
AI
1. Large Language Models Achieve Gold Medal Performance at the International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (IOAA) https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05016
2. Agentic Context Engineering: Evolving Contexts for Self-Improving Language Models — “The model writes, reflects, and rewrites its own prompt over and over until it becomes a self-improving system” https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.04618
3. Nvidia researchers boost LLMs reasoning skills by getting them to ‘think’ during pre-training https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-researchers-boost-llms-reasoning-skills-by-getting-them-to-think
4. h1: Bootstrapping LLMs to Reason over Longer Horizons via Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07312
5. Code World Models for General Game Playing https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04542
6. Towards a Typology of Strange LLM Chains-of-Thought https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qgvSMwRrdqoDMJJnD/towards-a-typology-of-strange-llm-chains-of-thought
7. Researchers working at the frontier labs are genuinely convinced that transformative AI is coming. https://www.transformernews.ai/p/were-all-behind-the-curve-ai-bubble-crash-risk
8. Talking about the Future of AI in Law with David Wakeling https://artificialinvestment.substack.com/p/interview-with-david-wakeling-on
9. My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10427
10. Moloch’s Bargain: Emergent Misalignment When LLMs Compete for Audiences https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06105
11. How a 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsize influence from Silicon Valley to D.C. https://fortune.com/2025/10/08/leopold-aschenbrenner-openai-ftx-1-5-billion-hedge-fund-situational-awareness/
12. A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
13. How well can large language models predict the future? https://forecastingresearch.substack.com/p/ai-llm-forecasting-model-forecastbench-benchmark
Science and Engineering
1. UMass Engineers Create First Artificial Neurons That Could Directly Communicate With Living Cells https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-engineers-create-first-artificial-neurons-could-directly-communicate-living
2. A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5056
3. Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans? https://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-reversed-alzheimers-in-mice-could-they-do-it-in-humans-2000669049
4. Programmable Aptamer-Embedded Circular RNAs for Targeted Antigen-Presenting Cells Immunotherapy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.28.679023v1
5. Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/business/china-solar-tibetan-plateau.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/vuOYu]
6. The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/green-electricity-costs-cheap-trump-00594123
Total trade war?
1. “China has asserted sweeping control over the entire global semiconductor supply chain, putting export license requirements on all rare earths used to manufacture advanced chips. If enforced aggressively, this policy could mean “lights out” for the US AI boom, and likely lead to a recession/economic crisis in the US in the short term.” https://x.com/deanwball/status/1976260051351343195
2. October 9 2025 Ministry of Commerce/GAC Export Control actions https://sinocism.notion.site/October-9-2025-Ministry-of-Commerce-GAC-Export-Control-actions-28784ece41d78059ba33cb4cca154bf4
AI
1. Large Language Models Achieve Gold Medal Performance at the International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (IOAA) https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05016
2. Agentic Context Engineering: Evolving Contexts for Self-Improving Language Models — “The model writes, reflects, and rewrites its own prompt over and over until it becomes a self-improving system” https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.04618
3. Nvidia researchers boost LLMs reasoning skills by getting them to ‘think’ during pre-training https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-researchers-boost-llms-reasoning-skills-by-getting-them-to-think
4. h1: Bootstrapping LLMs to Reason over Longer Horizons via Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07312
5. Code World Models for General Game Playing https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04542
6. Towards a Typology of Strange LLM Chains-of-Thought https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qgvSMwRrdqoDMJJnD/towards-a-typology-of-strange-llm-chains-of-thought
7. Researchers working at the frontier labs are genuinely convinced that transformative AI is coming. https://www.transformernews.ai/p/were-all-behind-the-curve-ai-bubble-crash-risk
8. Talking about the Future of AI in Law with David Wakeling https://artificialinvestment.substack.com/p/interview-with-david-wakeling-on
9. My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10427
10. Moloch’s Bargain: Emergent Misalignment When LLMs Compete for Audiences https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06105
11. How a 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsize influence from Silicon Valley to D.C. https://fortune.com/2025/10/08/leopold-aschenbrenner-openai-ftx-1-5-billion-hedge-fund-situational-awareness/
12. A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
13. How well can large language models predict the future? https://forecastingresearch.substack.com/p/ai-llm-forecasting-model-forecastbench-benchmark
Science and Engineering
1. UMass Engineers Create First Artificial Neurons That Could Directly Communicate With Living Cells https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-engineers-create-first-artificial-neurons-could-directly-communicate-living
2. A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5056
3. Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans? https://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-reversed-alzheimers-in-mice-could-they-do-it-in-humans-2000669049
4. Programmable Aptamer-Embedded Circular RNAs for Targeted Antigen-Presenting Cells Immunotherapy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.28.679023v1
5. Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/business/china-solar-tibetan-plateau.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/vuOYu]
6. The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/green-electricity-costs-cheap-trump-00594123
Total trade war?
1. “China has asserted sweeping control over the entire global semiconductor supply chain, putting export license requirements on all rare earths used to manufacture advanced chips. If enforced aggressively, this policy could mean “lights out” for the US AI boom, and likely lead to a recession/economic crisis in the US in the short term.” https://x.com/deanwball/status/1976260051351343195
2. October 9 2025 Ministry of Commerce/GAC Export Control actions https://sinocism.notion.site/October-9-2025-Ministry-of-Commerce-GAC-Export-Control-actions-28784ece41d78059ba33cb4cca154bf4
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This is Charlie Gee
One of the world’s most respected and renowned stonemason
His work in performing restoration works on Cathedrals throughout Europe is some of the best
A skill set that is becoming rarer to find and master in a more modern world
He’s only 23 years old
One of the world’s most respected and renowned stonemason
His work in performing restoration works on Cathedrals throughout Europe is some of the best
A skill set that is becoming rarer to find and master in a more modern world
He’s only 23 years old
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A rock lath master at work in the 1940s USA
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Chart from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/0624
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“In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science,” Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. “In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It’s someone like Greta or Eliezer,” he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry’s approach to AI …
Yudkowsky said in a statement “my understanding is that authorities from multiple Christian denominations have stated that Thiel’s views, identifying the Antichrist with proposals to regulate the AI industry, are not deemed by them to be compatible with conventional Christian belief.” Spokespeople for Thunberg did not respond to a request for comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/10/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-leaked/
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With the Russian summer offensive a complete failure and no serious autumn offensive in sight, let's review what Russia has achieved in 3 years, 7 months, and 19 days of the 3-day special military operation:
- Constant Ukrainian attacks and assassinations throughout Russia, accompanied by a worsening fuel crisis.
- The NATO-Russia border has expanded by 1,340 km as the formerly neutral countries of Sweden and Finland have joined NATO.
- Pushing pacifist, pro-Russian countries like Germany to mass-produce autonomous killer drones and forcing German defense enterprises, such as Rheinmetall, to supply Ukraine instead of honoring their planned billion-euro contracts with Russia.
- Loss of the majority of the European export market, resulting in dependence on China.
- The American president and NATO Secretary General are calling Russia a paper tiger.
- Millions of Muslim immigrants from former Soviet satellite states are being brought in to alleviate labor shortages.
- Putin had to kiss the Quran to appease the Muslim minority fighting for Russia.
- The Black Sea Fleet had to flee Crimea after losing more than 33-40% of its assets, only to be attacked in Novorossiysk as well.
- At least 7,032 Russian officers have been killed, as confirmed by public Russian obituaries and gravesites. That's more than twice the number of people killed on 9/11, but they are all military leaders.
What's the best-case outlook for Russia? Capturing a completely destroyed Donbass while Ukraine starts the mass-production of cruise and ballistic missiles, becoming a greater danger to Russia than it has ever been.
- Constant Ukrainian attacks and assassinations throughout Russia, accompanied by a worsening fuel crisis.
- The NATO-Russia border has expanded by 1,340 km as the formerly neutral countries of Sweden and Finland have joined NATO.
- Pushing pacifist, pro-Russian countries like Germany to mass-produce autonomous killer drones and forcing German defense enterprises, such as Rheinmetall, to supply Ukraine instead of honoring their planned billion-euro contracts with Russia.
- Loss of the majority of the European export market, resulting in dependence on China.
- The American president and NATO Secretary General are calling Russia a paper tiger.
- Millions of Muslim immigrants from former Soviet satellite states are being brought in to alleviate labor shortages.
- Putin had to kiss the Quran to appease the Muslim minority fighting for Russia.
- The Black Sea Fleet had to flee Crimea after losing more than 33-40% of its assets, only to be attacked in Novorossiysk as well.
- At least 7,032 Russian officers have been killed, as confirmed by public Russian obituaries and gravesites. That's more than twice the number of people killed on 9/11, but they are all military leaders.
What's the best-case outlook for Russia? Capturing a completely destroyed Donbass while Ukraine starts the mass-production of cruise and ballistic missiles, becoming a greater danger to Russia than it has ever been.
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