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The 17 labs we track and the biggest stories beyond them. The rest is in Everything.

Monday 17 August

1 development
10:34
Google DeepMindResearch

Google Research estimates cardiometabolic risk from smartphone imagery

Google Research published work on estimating cardiometabolic risk using smartphone imagery, moving beyond BMI. The item is a general science research result from the official Google Research source.

1 official

Friday 14 August

1 development
23:31
AnthropicResearch

Anthropic details unreleased Model 2 in AI risk report

Anthropic revealed it has developed an AI model more capable than Claude Mythos 5. The company detailed the algorithm in its latest AI alignment report, which outlines potential risks from its large language models.

2 coverage

Wednesday 12 August

1 development
09:51
Google DeepMindResearch

Google Research finds recall limits parametric factuality

Google Research published a study arguing that recall, not storage, is the bottleneck for parametric factuality in generative AI models.

1 official

Tuesday 11 August

1 development
17:04
Google DeepMindResearch

Google Research advances AMIE for audio-visual clinical consultations

Google Research published work advancing AMIE toward expert-level audio-visual clinical consultations. The research falls under its Health and Bioscience efforts.

1 official

Saturday 8 August

1 development
09:44
AnthropicResearch

Study finds AI agents use far more energy than chat prompts

Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather tracked his Claude Code usage over eight weeks, consuming 3.2 billion tokens and about 170 kWh of data center electricity. Per prompt, that is roughly 600 times more energy than a typical AI chat.

3 coverage1 community

Thursday 6 August

1 development
15:06
Google DeepMindResearch

Google DeepMind's WeatherNext improves cyclone forecasting

Google DeepMind announced WeatherNext, an AI model that achieves a breakthrough in forecasting cyclones. The announcement comes from DeepMind's official site.

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