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- 1Stanford Medicine says the human brain is two organsโStanford Medicine reveals human brain is two organs
Stanford Medicine is being widely shared for claiming the human brain should be understood as two organs rather than one. The report describes the brain as functionally divided into distinct systems, and the finding is drawing large attention across news and social media, with viewers debating what the reclassification means for neuroscience and medicine.
- 2Stanford dean warns AI labs are poaching university facultyโผStanford dean says AI labs are competing with universities for faculty: 'I won't lie, I worry about this'
A Stanford dean has voiced concern that leading AI laboratories are competing directly with universities to hire faculty members, saying the situation worries him. As companies like OpenAI and Anthropic offer lucrative packages to top researchers, universities are struggling to retain professors whose expertise in machine learning is increasingly valuable to industry.
- 3MIT ranked top US university for engineering and computer scienceโMIT named best university in the United States for engineering and computer science https:// lemmy.zip/post/72207712
MIT has been named the best university in the United States for engineering and computer science. The ranking reinforces the institute's long-standing reputation as a leader in technology education and research, drawing comment from academics and technology enthusiasts discussing how its programs compare with rivals like Stanford and Caltech.
- 4Stanford unveils autonomous humanoid robot HomeBodyโHomeBody: A humanoid that explores, remembers, and acts on its own https://tml.stanford.edu/homebody/ # HackerNews # Tec
Researchers at Stanford have presented HomeBody, a humanoid robot designed to explore its surroundings, build memories of them, and act on its own initiative rather than following scripted commands. The project page from Stanford's TML lab is drawing attention among robotics and AI enthusiasts, who are debating how far autonomous exploration and memory-based action can push home robotics forward.
- 5Stanford violated its own AI policy by race-swapping students in adโStanford violated AI policy after race-swapping students in ad
Stanford University altered the appearance of students in a promotional image, changing their race, and was found to have violated its own generative AI policy in the process. The incident, reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, has drawn criticism over consent, diversity marketing and universities' rules on AI-edited imagery.
- 6Stanford biotech startup run by thousands of AI agentsโผNew biotech startup at Stanford is run by thousands of AI agents
A new biotech startup based at Stanford is being operated by thousands of AI agents, according to NBC Bay Area. The company uses artificial intelligence systems to carry out its operations rather than relying on a traditional human workforce, an unusual structure for an early-stage biotech venture.
- 7Stanford and Nvidia release CLM-8B agent modelโผStanford and Nvidia's open CLM-8B caches reusable agent actions and runs up to 9x faster than Jev in tests
Stanford University and Nvidia have open-sourced CLM-8B, an AI model built for software agents that caches reusable actions instead of recomputing them. In tests the model ran up to nine times faster than Jev, a comparable agent system. The open release is drawing attention for offering large speed gains on agentic workloads, an area where inference cost is a major bottleneck for developers.
- 8Google marks its 28th anniversaryโGoogle turns 28: the story behind the search engine that revolutionized the Internet
Google is marking its 28th anniversary, prompting retrospectives on how the company grew from a Stanford research project into the search engine that reshaped the internet. Outlets are revisiting the story of its founding by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, its rise to dominance in online search, and its expansion into advertising, mobile and artificial intelligence.
- 9Study finds the human brain is two separate organsโThe human brain is two separate organs, study finds
A Stanford study argues that the human brain should be understood as two separate organs rather than a single unified structure, challenging long-held assumptions in neuroscience. The finding is drawing attention among science readers, with discussion centered on what it means for how brain function, development and disorders are studied going forward.
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Georgia Tech lost 34-27 to Stanford, and sports outlets have published instant takeaways breaking down what went wrong for the Yellow Jackets and what it means for their season. Reaction is focused on the close margin, key turning points in the game, and how the defeat affects Georgia Tech's standing going forward.