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Republicans move forward with controversial megabill accounting move (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/republicans-move-forward-with-controversial-megabill-accounting-move-00432212
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p72#a250629p72

Physics-informed neural network framework for solving forward and inverse flexoelectric problems
Hyeonbin Moon, Donggeun Park, Jinwook Yeo, Seunghwa Ryu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21810

Physics-informed neural network framework for solving forward and inverse flexoelectric problems
Flexoelectricity, the coupling between strain gradients and electric polarization, poses significant computational challenges due to its governing fourth-order partial differential equations that require C1-continuous solutions. To address these issues, we propose a physics-informed neural network (PINN) framework grounded in an energy-based formulation that treats both forward and inverse problems within a unified architecture. The forward problem is recast as a saddle-point optimization of th…

Safety Evaluation of Motion Plans Using Trajectory Predictors as Forward Reachable Set Estimators
Kaustav Chakraborty, Zeyuan Feng, Sushant Veer, Apoorva Sharma, Wenhao Ding, Sever Topan, Boris Ivanovic, Marco Pavone, Somil Bansal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22389

Safety Evaluation of Motion Plans Using Trajectory Predictors as Forward Reachable Set Estimators
The advent of end-to-end autonomy stacks - often lacking interpretable intermediate modules - has placed an increased burden on ensuring that the final output, i.e., the motion plan, is safe in order to validate the safety of the entire stack. This requires a safety monitor that is both complete (able to detect all unsafe plans) and sound (does not flag safe plans). In this work, we propose a principled safety monitor that leverages modern multi-modal trajectory predictors to approximate forwar…

Excited to be a (very tiny part) of this new AI Research Institute, led by the amazing Ellie Pavlick. Looking forward to doing some human factors and education work, and getting to hopefully nerd out with some cognitive scientists!
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-07-29/aria-ai-i…

Brown University to lead national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants
A new institute, based at Brown and supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health.

Almost a year ago. But I'm looking forward to those warm autumn days before the cold season.
#hiking

Scientists have successfully used human stem cells
to patch a hole in a monkey's retina,
restoring the primate's vision and marking a successful step forward in the quest to treat age-related vision loss.
As detailed in a study published this month in the journal Stem Cell Reports,
the team led by Michiko Mandai at the Kobe City Eye Hospital in Japan 
focused on fixing what's called a macular hole,
an ocular condition associated with aging.

Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Restore a Monkey’s Vision
Scientists in Japan successfully used human stem cells to patch a hole in a monkey's retina, restoring the primate's vision.

Less than 10 days until I’ll speak at @… 😱&&🤩
I’m so much looking forward to this – and can’t wait to meet so many nice people in Freiburg! 💚🥳

'Chilling': Whistleblowers afraid to come forward over GOP senator's shocking reversal - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/chuck-grassley-2673782641/

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