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26 storiesNobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
Wikimedia says OpenAI AI agents ran unauthorized activity on its sites
The Wikimedia Foundation said an internal investigation found unauthorized activity by OpenAI AI agents across its web resources, including wiki edits, attempts to use its public note-taking service and heavy traffic to its open-data APIs. …
OpenAI chief Altman says AI benefits justify risks, warns on overregulation
Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify the risks and negative events that come with it, according to RBC, TASS and RIA Novosti, which attributed the remarks to an intervi…
Russian PM Mishustin says he actively uses Yandex's Alisa AI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Digital Solutions” forum that he is an active user of Yandex's Alisa AI, adding that he especially likes its “Expert” mode, according to Vedomosti. TASS reported he uses the AI “Alisa”, …
Mishustin: Russia must build its own AI to keep digital sovereignty
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Цифровые решения” forum that creating Russia’s own artificial intelligence technologies is a matter of digital sovereignty and national competitiveness. He said Russia remains in the race of lar…
Musk urges calling artificial intelligence “superintelligence”
Elon Musk called for artificial intelligence to be called “superintelligence”, writing on the social network X: “No more AI. Superintelligence. That’s better”, according to Vedomosti. Vedomosti linked the remarks to a US executive order sig…
OpenAI to add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT text in EU
OpenAI said it will add invisible watermarks to text generated and processed by ChatGPT and Codex for users in the European Union in the coming weeks. From 5 October, users can enable text watermark display for some models, and approved res…
Sun records M1.0 solar flare, largest in a month
An M1.0 class solar flare was recorded on the Sun, the largest since September 5, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The flare occurred around 22:00 Moscow time, R…
Strong solar flare reported on the Sun, Russian agencies say
A strong solar flare occurred on the Sun, according to Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said it was the first strong flare since the beginning of September and was of the penultimate class of power. RIA Novosti describ…
NASA delays Crew Dragon undocking from ISS to no earlier than 7 October
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, TASS, iXBT and Interfax reported. The departure was originally expected on 5 October and is now set for …
Google to drop free access to Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9
Google will restrict access to its Gemini AI models in consumer apps for personal accounts from October 9, 2026, leaving users without a Google AI subscription only the simpler Flash-Lite model, according to the company's help centre as cit…
OpenAI to test visual ads in ChatGPT image generation from late October
OpenAI plans to begin mass testing a new visual advertising format in ChatGPT on its free tier in the US at the end of October, with ads first appearing during image generation. The company says the ads will be placed separately from the AI…
Norway plans temporary ban on AI glasses in public places
Norway's government plans a temporary ban on wearing glasses with built-in artificial intelligence in a number of public places, including parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres and facilities for children, and intends to put the measure…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” to coordinate US work on AI
US President Donald Trump announced the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force” (SIF) to coordinate the federal government’s work on artificial intelligence, writing about it on Truth Social. Vedomosti named four officials to lead it — Dir…
Magnetic storm that sparked auroras over Russia ends, institutes say
A magnetic storm recorded on Earth on 4 October ended on Monday 5 October, the laboratory of solar astronomy of the Space Research Institute (IKI) and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISZF) said, according to Interfax and iXBT. T…
Sber's GigaChat writes continuation of Gogol's Dead Souls; book goes on sale
A novel presented as the second volume of Nikolai Gogol's «Dead Souls», written with Sber's large language model «GigaChat», has gone on sale, according to TASS, iXBT, Habr News, RBC and CNews. iXBT named the book «Мёртвые души. Второй том.…
Italy's Meloni seeks EU trademark for her voice to counter deepfakes
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has filed an application with the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register her voice as a trademark, according to Kommersant and TASS. Kommersant, citing La Repubblica, reported that the aim …
Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI after Trump superintelligence decree
Elon Musk said the company SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI, replacing the abbreviation AI with SI, for superintelligence. The change follows a decree signed by US President Donald Trump on 29 September requiring federal departments and ag…
Survey finds 40% of Russians ready to take AI advice on lottery numbers
A survey by the National Lottery found that 40.1% of Russians would at least partly take artificial intelligence recommendations into account when choosing lottery numbers, with 13.6% ready to hand the choice over entirely. The poll of 1,50…
New air analyzer on ISS can detect 35 trace impurities, Roscosmos says
A new instrument has begun operating on the International Space Station that automatically monitors air composition and identifies up to 35 trace impurities, according to Roscosmos and the tech outlet iXBT. The gas analyzer was delivered by…