Various web links I found to be of interest recently.
For the first time, an AI-powered machine has bested elite-level athletes at a physical sport. 'Ace' is a table tennis-playing robot. It can calculate the position of a ball in space, measure its spin while it's flying over the table at 30mph and react in a tenth of the time a human player would need.
Film describing in more detail how they did it: Sony AI Project Ace.
... The framework proposed here explicitly separates simulation (behavioral mimicry driven by vehicle causality) from instantiation (intrinsic physical constitution driven by content causality). Establishing this ontological boundary shows why algorithmic symbol manipulation is structurally incapable of instantiating experience. Crucially, this argument does not rely on biological exclusivity. If an artificial system were ever conscious, it would be because of its specific physical constitution, never its syntactic architecture. Ultimately, this framework offers a physically grounded refutation of computational functionalism to resolve the current uncertainty surrounding AI consciousness.
Engramme developing AI system to augment human memory
Engramme is a technology company developing an artificial intelligence
(AI) system designed to augment human memory. The company was publicly
announced on April 10, 2026, with the stated mission of helping users
remember personal, professional, and factual information by creating
a queryable digital record of their lives. The project is led by
co-founder and Harvard neuroscientist Gabriel Kreiman and is based on
scientific principles of memory formation and recall.
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The company's technology is designed to function as a "memory prosthesis"
or a "search engine for your own life." The system works by ingesting a
user's personal data, which can include text, audio, and images.
This information is then processed and organized into a
"personal memory graph," which creates contextual links between different
pieces of data. Users can then query this graph using natural language
through an AI assistant to retrieve specific memories, facts, or
experiences they have encountered.
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The project's research is grounded in the concept of the
"dark matter of memory." This theory posits that many memories are
not permanently lost but are simply inaccessible through voluntary,
unassisted recall (free recall). These memories can often be retrieved
when the brain is presented with a specific prompt, a process known as
cued recall, which is significantly easier. Engramme's primary
technological goal is to digitally generate these cues to "illuminate"
this dark matter and make a user's stored memories accessible on demand.
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Bitcoin's creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.