Communications of the ACM

Is Recursive Self-Improvement Really Here?

That admission is what some in the field call recursive self-improvement (RSI), the point at which large language models ...
RACER

IndyCar Officiating acknowledges errant pit lane availability messages

After Rossi, Rosenqvist and Dixon were given incorrect informationby Indycar Officiating about whether the pits were open or ...
Opinion
FuturismOpinion

Biohackers Attempted Neurosurgery to Control a Lobster’s Nervous System and Give the Controls to OpenClaw, and How It Ended Will Tell You a Lot About the Ethics and ...

A team of aspiring tech entrepreneurs thought they could easily biohack a lobster's brain and have it be controlled by an AIagent.
Building Design + Construction

Sustainability in higher education: 4 ways to rethink district energy systems

Stantec leaders share how universities can reduce emissions by unlocking campus district energy, wastewater heat, open-loop ...

Saluda Medical Receives U.S. FDA Approval for New CAP24™ Surgical Paddle Lead

Saluda Medical, Inc. (ASX: SLD, "Saluda" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage medical device company focused on developing treatments for chronic neurological conditions using its novel closed-loop ...

DeepSeek open sources DSpark, a new framework to speed up LLM inference by up to 85%

DSpark can make decoding faster, but acceptance quality still determines how much speed the system actually realizes.

Vantage hosts open house for proposed data center in southern Wyoming

CHEYENNE — Vantage Data Centers held an open house Friday evening for its proposed Laramie County campus that is currently in planning and designing phases. If permitted, the data center would be ...
techtimes

NVIDIA ENPIRE Closes the Loop: AI Agents Now Run Robotics Research on Real Hardware

As Jensen Huang addresses a packed hall at VivaTech 2026 in Paris today with physical AI as his central theme, the NVIDIA research lab behind his bolder claims just published the most concrete ...
techtimes

Foxconn Debuts Humanoid Robots in Europe, Revealing Closed-Loop Physical AI Stack

The logo of Foxconn is seen during the AutoTronics Taipei 2026 at Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei on April 15, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng/Getty Images Foxconn opened its formal European debut at VivaTech ...
Ars Technica

F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different?

Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators. It all started in the early 2000s, probably at McLaren, maybe at Toyota or Ferrari; F1 ...
IEEE

Closed-Loop Control of Inductive WPT System Through Variable Inductor

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel control approach for an LCC-S Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system. The system's output voltage regulation is achieved through a variable inductor, leveraging ...
medtechdive

Diabetes tech companies are racing toward ‘fully closed loop’ devices. But automation comes with trade-offs.

Ahead of a prominent diabetes conference, several medical device companies are touting upcoming technologies they say will make it easier for people to manage their diabetes. Insulet, Tandem Diabetes ...