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Coole Sache, aber dieser Vergleich schmerzt: "Die gelieferte Treibstoffmenge entspricht etwa 7 Prozent des Kraftstoffbedarfs für einen Flug von Hamburg nach Zürich." 🙃
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Aktuelles - Innovation.zuerich
Erfahren Sie das Neuste rund ums Thema Innovation im Kanton Zürich: Aktuelle News, Events, Open Calls, Studien etc. auf innovation.zuerich.

Policy-Driven AI in Dataspaces: Taxonomy, Explainability, and Pathways for Compliant Innovation
Joydeep Chandra, Satyam Kumar Navneet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20014 https://…

Policy-Driven AI in Dataspaces: Taxonomy, Explainability, and Pathways for Compliant Innovation
As AI-driven dataspaces become integral to data sharing and collaborative analytics, ensuring privacy, performance, and policy compliance presents significant challenges. This paper provides a comprehensive review of privacy-preserving and policy-aware AI techniques, including Federated Learning, Differential Privacy, Trusted Execution Environments, Homomorphic Encryption, and Secure Multi-Party Computation, alongside strategies for aligning AI with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR and the EU…

The financial AI bubble will burst, companies will go broke, investments will be lost, there will be a large consolidation phase, as with every wave of innovation. But there is not any signal that the actual use and application of GenAI will decline. We struggle with finding added value, using them in the right way, mitigating the risks, that is the main challenge.
#AI

Gen. Timothy Haugh, former Director of the NSA and Commander of US Cyber Command has joined cyber-focused VC firm Ballistic Ventures as Strategic Advisor
https://ballisticventures.com/former-n

Former NSA Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Timothy D. Haugh joins Ballistic Ventures as Strategic Advisor
Former NSA Director Gen. Haugh joins Ballistic Ventures as Strategic Advisor to shape the future of cyber innovation.

The BBC appoints ex-Meta executive Anjali Kapoor to the newly created role of director for BBC News AI, Innovation, and Growth, to "accelerate AI adoption" (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/07/bbc-news-ai-role-anjali-kapoor-meta-12364719…

Meta Exec Joins BBC News For Key Artificial Intelligence Role
BBC News has hired AI Lead Anjali Kapoor from Meta to accelerate Artificial Intelligence adoption and work with data.

Sources: Doug Beck, director of Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had previously raised concerns about his donations to Democrats (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagons-innovation-unit…

Creative Commons launches “CC Signals”. Quote:
“TL;DR – What are CC signals?
“CC signals are a proposed framework to help content stewards express how they want their works used in AI training—emphasizing reciprocity, recognition, and sustainability in machine reuse. They aim to preserve open knowledge by encouraging responsible AI behavior without limiting innovation.”

CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons
TL;DR – What are CC signals? CC signals are a proposed framework to help content stewards express how they want their works used in AI training—emphasizing reciprocity, recognition, and sustainability in machine reuse. They aim to preserve open knowledge by encouraging responsible AI behavior without limiting innovation. 💗Love it! How can I show my support?…

Innovation: China wird bei Patenten immer unabhängiger vom Rest der Welt
China ist schon seit Jahren führend bei Patentanmeldungen. Jetzt hat eine Forschungsgruppe ermittelt, dass der Einfluss ausländischer Forschung zurückgeht.

Organisational justice moderates the link between leadership, work engagement and innovation work behaviour
Rahmat Sabuhari, Rusman Soleman, Marwan Man Soleman, Johan Fahri, Muhammad Rachmat
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20320

Organisational justice moderates the link between leadership, work engagement and innovation work behaviour
Regional civil servants in Indonesia, especially in the eastern regions, are now required to exhibit innovative work behavior (IWB) as mandated by national regulations. While transformational leadership (TFL) and work engagement (WE) are believed to foster such behavior, the impact and the moderating role of organizational justice (OJ) remain underexplored. This study addresses that gap by examining how TFL and WE contribute to IWB development within the context of public sector work, with OJ p…

Detection of Personal Data in Structured Datasets Using a Large Language Model
Albert Agisha Ntwali, Luca R\"uck, Martin Heckmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22305

Detection of Personal Data in Structured Datasets Using a Large Language Model
We propose a novel approach for detecting personal data in structured datasets, leveraging GPT-4o, a state-of-the-art Large Language Model. A key innovation of our method is the incorporation of contextual information: in addition to a feature's name and values, we utilize information from other feature names within the dataset as well as the dataset description. We compare our approach to alternative methods, including Microsoft Presidio and CASSED, evaluating them on multiple datasets: DeSSI,…

Windows solved the blue screen.
It's now black 📺
#innovation

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02381 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

What Should Be Considered to Support well-being with AI: Considerations Based on Responsible Research and Innovation
To achieve people's well-being with AI systems, we should enable each user to be guided to a healthier lifestyle in a way that is appropriate for her or him. However, there is a dilemma between general well-being as defined in academic and medical discussions and the autonomy users should have when deciding how to promote their well-being. In this position paper, we discuss the difficulty for AI application developers to fully consider in the design phase what might happen to the user, taking a…

SPGrasp: Spatiotemporal Prompt-driven Grasp Synthesis in Dynamic Scenes
Yunpeng Mei, Hongjie Cao, Yinqiu Xia, Wei Xiao, Zhaohan Feng, Gang Wang, Jie Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20547

SPGrasp: Spatiotemporal Prompt-driven Grasp Synthesis in Dynamic Scenes
Real-time interactive grasp synthesis for dynamic objects remains challenging as existing methods fail to achieve low-latency inference while maintaining promptability. To bridge this gap, we propose SPGrasp (spatiotemporal prompt-driven dynamic grasp synthesis), a novel framework extending segment anything model v2 (SAMv2) for video stream grasp estimation. Our core innovation integrates user prompts with spatiotemporal context, enabling real-time interaction with end-to-end latency as low as …

A Cooperative Approach for Knowledge-based Business Process Design in a Public Authority
Mohammad Azarijafari, Luisa Mich, Michele Missikoff, Oleg Missikoff
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19842

A Cooperative Approach for Knowledge-based Business Process Design in a Public Authority
Enterprises are currently undergoing profound transformations due to the unpostponable digital transformation. Then, to remain competitive, enterprises must adapt their organisational structures and operations. This organisational shift is also important for small and medium-sized enterprises. A key innovation frontier is the adoption of process-oriented production models. This paper presents a knowledge-based method to support business experts in designing business processes. The method requir…

Breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis: molecule can store four charges from light, advancing quest for carbon-neutral fuels. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Artificial photosynthesis boosted by four-charge storage molecule
Scientists report a molecule that can bank four charges under sunlight, paving the way for sustainable solar fuels.

Artificial Intelligence Training in Media: Addressing Technical and Ethical Challenges for Journalists and Media Professionals
Barbara Sarrionandia, Sim\'on Pe\~na-Fern\'andez, Jes\'us \'Angel P\'erez Dasilva, Ainara Larrondo-Ureta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20137

Artificial Intelligence Training in Media: Addressing Technical and Ethical Challenges for Journalists and Media Professionals
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is presenting both technical and ethical challenges for media organisations, creating an urgent need for professional training. This study explores how media professionals in the Basque Country are equipping themselves to face these challenges. Using a mixed-method approach, it combines a survey of 504 active professionals with in-depth interviews with six innovation leaders from major regional media outlets. The findings reveal that only 14.1% of profes…

Graph-Based Feature Augmentation for Predictive Tasks on Relational Datasets
Lianpeng Qiao, Ziqi Cao, Kaiyu Feng, Ye Yuan, Guoren Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20986 https://

Graph-Based Feature Augmentation for Predictive Tasks on Relational Datasets
Data has become a foundational asset driving innovation across domains such as finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. In these areas, predictive modeling over relational tables is commonly employed, with increasing emphasis on reducing manual effort through automated machine learning (AutoML) techniques. This raises an interesting question: can feature augmentation itself be automated and identify and utilize task-related relational signals? To address this challenge, we propose an end-to-end a…

It is fascinating to see how Poland 🇵🇱, once an unlikely leader in the energy transition, is increasingly giving the green light to smart use of renewable energy.
Dynamic energy contracts make smart energy use attractive to consumers. Supportive optional network tariffs offer an additional boost.
🧵 below, and as one LinkedIn post here:

What makes developments in Poland 🇵🇱 around dynamic tariffs interesting for other European countries to consider is the innovation that has also been set in motion in distribution network tariffs… | Jaap Burger | 15 comments
What makes developments in Poland 🇵🇱 around dynamic tariffs interesting for other European countries to consider is the innovation that has also been set in motion in distribution network tariffs. Today marks exactly one year since dynamic energy tariffs became available from all major energy suppliers in Poland. This obligation stems from the EU Electricity Directive 2019, which gives consumers throughout the European Union the right to choose such a tariff (and also applies to other Eu…

#Palantir bei der Polizei? Ein „leichtsinniger Fehler“. Die KI-Software verspricht Ordnung im Datenchaos, doch ihr Gründer Peter Thiel propagiert eine Welt für Superreiche – Demokratie optional. Datenmacht in falschen Händen? Eine riskante Wette auf Kontrolle statt Innovation. #TOnline

Palantirs umstrittene Verbindungen: Warum das Innenministerium zögern sollte
Das Innenministerium prüft, ob Software des Unternehmens Palantir von der gesamten Polizei genutzt werden soll. Es wäre ein Risiko.

TRIZ Agents: A Multi-Agent LLM Approach for TRIZ-Based Innovation
Kamil Szczepanik, Jaros{\l}aw A. Chudziak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18783 https://

TRIZ Agents: A Multi-Agent LLM Approach for TRIZ-Based Innovation
TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, is a structured, knowledge-based framework for innovation and abstracting problems to find inventive solutions. However, its application is often limited by the complexity and deep interdisciplinary knowledge required. Advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have revealed new possibilities for automating parts of this process. While previous studies have explored single LLMs in TRIZ applications, this paper introduces a multi-agent approach. W…

Thermodynamics of Innovation: A Statistical Mechanics Framework of Social Adoption
Guilherme S. Y. Giardini, Carlo R. daCunha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18560 https://

Thermodynamics of Innovation: A Statistical Mechanics Framework of Social Adoption
We develop a thermodynamic framework for modeling innovation adoption and abandonment dynamics using statistical mechanics. Starting from a mathematical model for an adoption distribution that fits empirically obtained date, we construct a canonical ensemble whose equilibrium distribution yields Gompertz-like and Maxwell-Boltzmann-like shapes. By reverse engineering the associated energy landscape, we define an effective potential and derive a dynamical Lagrangian formulation. The resulting fie…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00913 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNI_…

Design and Implementation of ARA Wireless Living Lab for Rural Broadband and Applications
Addressing the broadband gap between rural and urban regions requires rural-focused wireless research and innovation. In the meantime, rural regions provide rich, diverse use cases of advanced wireless, and they offer unique real-world settings for piloting applications that advance the frontiers of wireless systems (e.g., teleoperation of ground and aerial vehicles). To fill the broadband gap and to leverage the unique opportunities that rural regions provide for piloting advanced wireless app…

Looked at @…'s Signals page (https://creativecommons.org/ai-and-the-commons/cc-signals/) again.
I think this…

CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons
TL;DR – What are CC signals? CC signals are a proposed framework to help content stewards express how they want their works used in AI training—emphasizing reciprocity, recognition, and sustainability in machine reuse. They aim to preserve open knowledge by encouraging responsible AI behavior without limiting innovation. 💗Love it! How can I show my support?…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.DL. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DL/new
[1/1]:
- Aging and the Narrowing of Scientific Innovation
Haochuan Cui, Yiling Lin, Lingfei Wu, James A. Evans

Using Symbolic Regression to Emulate the Radial Fourier Transform of the S\'ersic profile for Fast, Accurate and Differentiable Galaxy Profile Fitting
Tim B. Miller, Imad Pasha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20266

Using Symbolic Regression to Emulate the Radial Fourier Transform of the Sérsic profile for Fast, Accurate and Differentiable Galaxy Profile Fitting
Galaxy profile fitting is a ubiquitous technique that provides the backbone for photometric and morphological measurements in modern extragalactic surveys. A recent innovation in profile fitting algorithms is to render, or create, the model profile in Fourier space, which aims to provide faster and more accurate results. However, the most common parameterization, the Sérsic profile, has no closed form Fourier transform, requiring the use of computationally expensive approximations. In this pap…

The key innovation of AI-assisted tooling is the keystroke-level surveillance that generates nice graphs for execs. It does suddenly make them pay big bucks for dev tooling

Building an Open CGRA Ecosystem for Agile Innovation
Rohan Juneja, Pranav Dangi, Thilini Kaushalya Bandara, Zhaoying Li, Dhananjaya Wijerathne, Li-Shiuan Peh, Tulika Mitra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19090

Building an Open CGRA Ecosystem for Agile Innovation
Modern computing workloads, particularly in AI and edge applications, demand hardware-software co-design to meet aggressive performance and energy targets. Such co-design benefits from open and agile platforms that replace closed, vertically integrated development with modular, community-driven ecosystems. Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures (CGRAs), with their unique balance of flexibility and efficiency are particularly well-suited for this paradigm. When built on open-source hardware…

An interview with Alex Kachkine, who shook the art world in June with a research paper in Nature on restoring paintings using AI, as he works to refine the tech (Ephrat Livni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/…

The Hobbyist Restorer Who Rocked the Art World With an A.I. Innovation
Alex Kachkine spends his days working on microchip research — a skill set surprisingly similar to that needed for restoration.

A Heterogeneous Spatiotemporal GARCH Model: A Predictive Framework for Volatility in Financial Networks
Atika Aouri, Philipp Otto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20101 https://

A Heterogeneous Spatiotemporal GARCH Model: A Predictive Framework for Volatility in Financial Networks
We introduce a heterogeneous spatiotemporal GARCH model for geostatistical data or processes on networks, e.g., for modelling and predicting financial return volatility across firms in a latent spatial framework. The model combines classical GARCH(p, q) dynamics with spatially correlated innovations and spatially varying parameters, estimated using local likelihood methods. Spatial dependence is introduced through a geostatistical covariance structure on the innovation process, capturing contem…

US Interior Secretary #Burgum hypes innovation at Western Governor's mtg, steers clear of public lands controversy • #NorthDakota Monitor #NewMexico

Ein neuer #Kühlbeton reflektiert bis zu 96 Prozent des Sonnenlichts und kann Gebäude ohne #Klimaanlage spürbar abkühlen.
Entwickelt wurde er von einem internationalen Forschungsteam, auch mit Beteiligung der TU

Kühlbeton - Innovation gegen Hitze in Gebäuden
Beton, der Sonnenlicht reflektiert und so Gebäude und Straßen abkühlen kann - eine Innovation im Bereich der Klimaanpassung. Das internationale Forscherteam hat seine Ergebnisse jetzt veröffentlicht.

Hoofdstuk 4: 'India and China' van dit prachtige boek kostte meer moeite, het behandelt de internationale klimaatpolitiek die vooral bestaat uit de schuld en de verantwoordelijkheid voor oplossingen bij anderen te leggen en dat is heel deprimerend.
Nu door naar hoofdstuk 5' 'Innovation'.

Autocallable Options Pricing with Integration-Based Exponential Amplitude Loading
Francesca Cibrario, Ron Cohen, Emanuele Dri, Christian Mattia, Or Samimi Golan, Tamuz Danzig, Giacomo Ranieri, Hanan Rosemarin, Davide Corbelletto, Amir Naveh, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19039

Autocallable Options Pricing with Integration-Based Exponential Amplitude Loading
We present a comprehensive quantum algorithm tailored for pricing autocallable options, offering a full implementation and experimental validation. Our experiments include simulations conducted on high-performance computing (HPC) hardware, along with an empirical analysis of convergence to the classically estimated value. Our key innovation is an improved integration-based exponential amplitude loading technique that reduces circuit depth compared to state-of-the-art approaches. A detailed comp…

There's a lot of pressurefor businesses to get ahead with AI.
And I imagine at many companies
there's a sense that if you don't keep up, you're leaving innovation on the table.
At the same time, there's a gap between the excitement around AI and understanding what it means for each role.
CarGurus started an internal initiative "AI Forward" to meet business units and function where they are.
The group works together to evaluate u…

How CarGurus's new working group helps employees experiment with AI
The online marketplace for cars is helping its employees adopt and explore new tech with AI Forward, a working group designed to lead AI adoption.

PPipe: Efficient Video Analytics Serving on Heterogeneous GPU Clusters via Pool-Based Pipeline Parallelism
Z. Jonny Kong, Qiang Xu, Y. Charlie Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18748

PPipe: Efficient Video Analytics Serving on Heterogeneous GPU Clusters via Pool-Based Pipeline Parallelism
With the rapid innovation of GPUs, heterogeneous GPU clusters in both public clouds and on-premise data centers have become increasingly commonplace. In this paper, we demonstrate how pipeline parallelism, a technique wellstudied for throughput-oriented deep learning model training, can be used effectively for serving latency-bound model inference, e.g., in video analytics systems, on heterogeneous GPU clusters. Our work exploits the synergy between diversity in model layers and diversity in GP…

This spin reminds me when we looked at the script kiddies trying to hack our Dec-cluster with copied linux exploits 😅
https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/114663563572107178

I read UCL's Vision for Inclusive Innovation and Transformation: 'our vision for a ‘data empowered society’ is one in which these advances enrich our society and enable us to make informed, inclusive decisions about technological advances' ht…

Building a Data-Empowered Society: UCL’s Vision for Inclusive Innovation and Transformation
Written by Professor James Hetherington and Professor Alison Littlejohn, Pro-Vice-Provosts to the UCL Grand Challenges theme of Data and…

Innovation ecosystems theory revisited: The case of artificial intelligence in China
Arenal Alberto (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Armuna Cristina (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Feijoo Claudio (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Ramos Sergio (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), Xu Zimu (Cranfield University Cranfield School of Management), Moreno Ana Maria (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid)

Innovation ecosystems theory revisited: The case of artificial intelligence in China
Beyond the mainstream discussion on the key role of China in the global AI landscape, the knowledge about the real performance and future perspectives of the AI ecosystem in China is still limited. This paper evaluates the status and prospects of China's AI innovation ecosystem by developing a Triple Helix framework particularized for this case. Based on an in-depth qualitative study and on interviews with experts, the analysis section summarizes the way in which the AI innovation ecosystem in …

The topological Breuil-M\'ezard conjecture for classical groups
Zhongyipan Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19722 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.19722…

The topological Breuil-Mézard conjecture for classical groups
For unitary, orthogonal and symplectic groups, we compute the dimension of the reduced Emerton-Gee stacks, and give an explicit description of their top-dimensional Chow group. Our results are unconditional when $p\neq 2$. The main innovation is a new method for analyzing the vanishing locus of Galois cup products valued in high dimensions.

„Social Media as Innovation“: chapter by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt (@…) in a "Handbook of Innovation": https://www.schmidtmitdete.de/archives/2865

Cutting-edge tech by RMIT University blocks 98% of harmful kitchen fats from clogging sewers, saving billions for water utilities. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

New tech blocks 98% harmful kitchen fats from clogging sewers
Researchers in Australia have unveiled a novel grease interceptor that removes up to 98% of fats from kitchen wastewater.

Differentiating hype from practical applications of large language models in medicine - a primer for healthcare professionals
Elisha D. O. Roberson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19567

Differentiating hype from practical applications of large language models in medicine - a primer for healthcare professionals
The medical ecosystem consists of the training of new clinicians and researchers, the practice of clinical medicine, and areas of adjacent research. There are many aspects of these domains that could benefit from the application of task automation and programmatic assistance. Machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, including large language models (LLMs), have been promised to deliver on healthcare innovation, improving care speed and accuracy, and reducing the burden on staff f…

This piece from @… does a magnificent job of explaining this. The longstanding US strength in technology and innovation is coming to a rapid and catastrophic end right before our eyes. It’s self-inflected, it’s immoral, it’s horrifying, it’s stupid, and it’s utterly preventable.
2/2
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/

Scene-Aware Vectorized Memory Multi-Agent Framework with Cross-Modal Differentiated Quantization VLMs for Visually Impaired Assistance
Xiangxiang Wang, Xuanyu Wang, YiJia Luo, Yongbin Yu, Manping Fan, Jingtao Zhang, Liyong Ren
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18177

Scene-Aware Vectorized Memory Multi-Agent Framework with Cross-Modal Differentiated Quantization VLMs for Visually Impaired Assistance
This study proposes the dual technological innovation framework, including a cross-modal differ entiated quantization framework for vision-language models (VLMs) and a scene-aware vectorized memory multi-agent system for visually impaired assistance. The modular framework was developed implementing differentiated processing strategies, effectively reducing memory requirements from 38GB to 16GB while maintaining model performance. The multi-agent architecture combines scene classificatio…

Apple says the UK CMA's proposed "EU-style" regulation is "bad for users and bad for developers", "undermines" privacy and security, and "hampers" innovation (Chris Vallance/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgj9kjmvzzo

Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation
The iPhone maker is pushing back against proposed changes required by the UK competition watchdog

Annual DC Privacy Forum: Convening Top Voices in Governance in the Digital Age
https://fpf.org/blog/annual-dc-privacy-forum-convening-top-voices-in-governance-in-the-digital-age/
@…

the Theory of the Adjacent Possible
The TAP equation: evaluating combinatorial innovation in #Biocosmology #perimeterinstitutefortheoreticalphysics
https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.14115
to be honest, I just liked the idea of "Biocosmology" as a discipline.

China is set to introduce a new visa category aimed at attracting young foreign science and technology professionals, in a bid to strengthen its innovation capacity and global talent strategy.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/chin

China introduces new K visa to attract young science and tech talent
China is set to introduce a new visa category aimed at attracting young foreign science and technology professionals, in a bid to strengthen its innovation ...

Dorothea Baur reflecting on #AI tech bros going all in on even your most personal data. Claiming to help you solve a problem which they helped create in the beginning:
"A breach of trust enabled by AI now becomes the justification for surveillance-based trust systems. And the very people who helped break the system are offering to fix it – in exchange for your iris. That’s not a safety fe…

Die Bundesregierung nutzt Rekordschulden, um fossile Projekte zu finanzieren – ein historischer Fehler. Statt Innovation und Klimaschutz gibt’s Steuergeschenke und Subventionen für Gas. -#Klimapolitik wird ad absurdum geführt, während Europa unter 1,5 Grad-Erwärmung leidet. Zukunft? Lieber auf Pump für gestern setzen
– Kommentar

Der Bundeshaushalt: ein historischer Fehler – Kommentar
Die Bundesregierung vergibt eine historische Chance. Statt mit dem Rekordschuldenprogramm in die Zukunft zu investieren, fließen Milliarden in fossile Projekte.

A look at India's rationale for banning online real-money games, with IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw citing 450M people losing a combined ~$2.3B to them (Vivek Kaul/Newslaundry)
https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/27/the-rs-444-question-why-in…

The Rs 444 question: Why India banned online money games
The real challenge lies in balancing innovation with protection, profit with responsibility, and freedom with regulation.

Germany launches floating fuel plant powered by offshore wind and sea, producing synthetic fuels with innovative technologies. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Germany opens floating fuel plant powered by offshore wind, sea
Germany launches PtX-Wind barge to produce synthetic fuels at sea using wind, seawater, and air in a world-first Power-to-X trial.

The Hobbyist Restorer Who Rocked the Art World With an A.I. Innovation - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/lfQ2x

Ukraine, EU launch $117 million military innovation partnership: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/ukraine-eu-launch-million-military.html

Aethorix v1.0: AI-Driven Inverse Design of Inorganic Materials for Scalable Industrial Innovation
Yingjie Shi, Runtian Miao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16609

Aethorix v1.0: AI-Driven Inverse Design of Inorganic Materials for Scalable Industrial Innovation
Artificial intelligence for Science (AI4S) is poised to transform industrial manufacturing by enabling the accelerated discovery and optimization of advanced (bio)materials, dramatically reducing development cycles, and unlocking novel high-performance solutions. We introduce Aethorix v1.0, a platform that integrates large language models for objective mining, diffusion-based generative models for zero-shot inorganic crystal design, and machine-learned interatomic potentials for rapid property …

Gipfel-Erklärung: G7-Staaten wollen "Energie-Herausforderungen" von KI angehen
Die G7-Staaten haben vereinbart, den enormen Stromverbrauch durch KI sowie deren Potenziale für Energieeffizienz und Innovation stärker in den Blick zu nehmen.

Software innovation might be freezing in place—and AI could be to blame. Theo Browne points out that Copilot and ChatGPT often return React-style code even for Solid or Elixir projects. Why? Because they’ve seen React a million times more. Python 3 took a decade to overtake Python 2. If that transition had to happen today, would our dependence on AI suggestions keep us from making the jump?

Research on Evaluation Methods for Patent Novelty Search Systems and Empirical Analysis
Shu Zhang, LiSha Zhang, Kai Duan, XinKai Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17782 https://

Research on Evaluation Methods for Patent Novelty Search Systems and Empirical Analysis
Patent novelty search systems are critical to IP protection and innovation assessment; their retrieval accuracy directly impacts patent quality. We propose a comprehensive evaluation methodology that builds high-quality, reproducible datasets from examiner citations and X-type citations extracted from technically consistent family patents, and evaluates systems using invention descriptions as inputs. Using Top-k Detection Rate and Recall as core metrics, we further conduct multi-dimensional ana…

Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation
<https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-is-letting-china-win-on-energy-innovation-261109?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbut…

Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation
China is roaring forward in the race to be the world’s clean energy powerhouse.

"Silicon Valley’s era of innovation is over. This is their villain era. The era of the con. Having bled themselves dry of ideas, and all sense of moral decency, they’re now attempting to bleed us dry of our own humanity."
(Original title: How to keep sea-monkeys alive)
https://

How to keep sea-monkeys alive
Little painting I did a couple of weeks ago. There’s a stick so it looks like a protest sign, but I cropped it out. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2 for...

sci pol; NZ pol
ICYMI Another handbrake turn in research management, this time Aotearoa New Zealand under Christopher Luxon's National party coalition.
"New Zealand’s largest source of funding through competitive grants, the Endeavour Fund, remains stagnant at NZ$245 million but has *canceled all applications for the 2026 funding round to “reduce the operational burden of applying for funding”* during the mergers of Crown Research Institutes."
➡️ #NZ #researchfunding #SciPol

49 bus on Mission full of people held up by single Waymo double-parking to drop off one person. Sign the petition to stop Daniel Lurie from bringing this "innovation" to Market Street: https://keepmarketstmoving.org/sign-the-petition

Archaic Podcast 574 - ØTI
ØTi is a distinctive force in the electronic music scene. With a background rooted in techno and years of experience, he crafts a sonic journey that fuses raw energy with intricate rhythms, reflecting a dynamic blend of innovation and mastery.
https://www.instagram.com/oti_music_/

You are cordially invited to the #EFF Awards Ceremony in San Francisco on September 10! Read about the winners and how to claim your ticket - and join the mailing list.
https://www.eff.org/event/eff-awards-2025#

EFF Awards 2025
For over 30 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has presented awards recognizing key leaders and organizations advancing innovation and championing digital rights. The EFF Awards celebrate the accomplishments of people working toward a better future for technology users, both in the public...

I strongly object (with peace to @…!) to that first sentence.
This is self-destruction. This is NOT how the US “ensures the US maintains a leading role in the AI race.” Please. It is no such thing. Even if you are all roses and rainbows about AI, this isn’t how any kind of leadership or innovation works.
This — every part of this, the top-down ideological policing, the war on inclusion, the authoritarian jag, all of it — is destroying the very things that put the US in its tech leadership position in the first place. “Leadership role?!” Spare me.
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InternVL3.5: Advancing Open-Source Multimodal Models in Versatility, Reasoning, and Efficiency
Weiyun Wang, Zhangwei Gao, Lixin Gu, Hengjun Pu, Long Cui, Xingguang Wei, Zhaoyang Liu, Linglin Jing, Shenglong Ye, Jie Shao, Zhaokai Wang, Zhe Chen, Hongjie Zhang, Ganlin Yang, Haomin Wang, Qi Wei, Jinhui Yin, Wenhao Li, Erfei Cui, Guanzhou Chen, Zichen Ding, Changyao Tian, Zhenyu Wu, Jingjing Xie, Zehao Li, Bowen Yang, Yuchen Duan, Xuehui Wang, Songze Li, Xiangyu Zhao, Haodong Duan, Nianche…

InternVL3.5: Advancing Open-Source Multimodal Models in Versatility, Reasoning, and Efficiency
We introduce InternVL 3.5, a new family of open-source multimodal models that significantly advances versatility, reasoning capability, and inference efficiency along the InternVL series. A key innovation is the Cascade Reinforcement Learning (Cascade RL) framework, which enhances reasoning through a two-stage process: offline RL for stable convergence and online RL for refined alignment. This coarse-to-fine training strategy leads to substantial improvements on downstream reasoning tasks, e.g.…

The Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities
Yoshua Bengio, Tegan Maharaj, Luke Ong, Stuart Russell, Dawn Song, Max Tegmark, Lan Xue, Ya-Qin Zhang, Stephen Casper, Wan Sie Lee, S\"oren Mindermann, Vanessa Wilfred, Vidhisha Balachandran, Fazl Barez, Michael Belinsky, Imane Bello, Malo Bourgon, Mark Brakel, Sim\'eon Campos, Duncan Cass-Beggs, Jiahao Chen, Rumman Chowdhury, Kuan Chua Seah, Jeff Clune, Juntao Dai, Agnes Delaborde, Nouha Dziri, Francisco Eiras, J…

The Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities
Rapidly improving AI capabilities and autonomy hold significant promise of transformation, but are also driving vigorous debate on how to ensure that AI is safe, i.e., trustworthy, reliable, and secure. Building a trusted ecosystem is therefore essential -- it helps people embrace AI with confidence and gives maximal space for innovation while avoiding backlash. The "2025 Singapore Conference on AI (SCAI): International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety" aimed to support research in this space…

"Live and Let Die: Rethinking Personal Digital Archiving, Memory, and Forgetting Through a Library Lens" https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/08/20/live-and-let-die-rethinking-personal-digit…

Eco-Innovation and Earnings Management: Unveiling the Moderating Effects of Financial Constraints and Opacity in FTSE All-Share Firms
Probowo Erawan Sastroredjo, Marcel Ausloos, Polina Khrennikova
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14935

Eco-Innovation and Earnings Management: Unveiling the Moderating Effects of Financial Constraints and Opacity in FTSE All-Share Firms
Our research investigates the relationship between eco-innovation and earnings management among 567 firms listed on the FTSE All-Share Index from 2014 to 2022. By examining how sustainability-driven innovation influences financial reporting practices, we explore the strategic motivations behind income smoothing in firms engaged in environmental initiatives. The findings reveal a positive association between eco-innovation and earnings management, suggesting that firms may leverage ecoinnovation…

Y Combinator filed an amicus brief in support of Epic Games in their antitrust lawsuit against Apple, calling App Store fees "a punitive tax on innovation" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/21/y-combi…

Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal - 9to5Mac
Startup accelerator (and Epic Games’ biggest investor) Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple.

Supernova: Achieving More with Less in Transformer Architectures
Andrei-Valentin Tanase, Elena Pelican
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15773 https://

Supernova: Achieving More with Less in Transformer Architectures
We present Supernova, a 650M-parameter decoder-only transformer that demonstrates how careful architectural design and tokenization innovation can achieve the performance of larger models while maintaining computational efficiency. Our architecture combines Rotary Positional Embeddings (RoPE), Grouped Query Attention (GQA) with a 3:1 compression ratio, RMSNorm for computational efficiency, and SwiGLU activation functions. A critical innovation is our custom 128,000-vocabulary byte-level BPE tok…

Case Study for Developing a UXR Point of View for FinOps Product Innovation
Jason Dong, Anna Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15314 https://

Case Study for Developing a UXR Point of View for FinOps Product Innovation
In the dynamic landscape of Cloud financial management, we are sharing a case study exploring the development of a User Experience Research (UXR) Point of View (PoV) to drive FinOps product innovation. We demonstrate how qualitative and quantitative research methods working together to navigate the challenges of understanding customer needs, aligning cross-functional teams, and prioritizing limited resources. Through a multi-phased research approach, the research team identifies opportunities, …

Balancing Innovation and Oversight: Regulatory Sandboxes as a Tool for AI Governance
https://fpf.org/blog/balancing-innovation-and-oversight-regulatory-sandboxes-as-a-tool-for-ai-governance/
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Digital-GenAI-Enhanced HCI in DevOps as a Driver of Sustainable Innovation: An Empirical Framework
Jun Cui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13185 https://arxiv.o…

Digital-GenAI-Enhanced HCI in DevOps as a Driver of Sustainable Innovation: An Empirical Framework
This study examines the impact of Digital-GenAI-Enhanced Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in DevOps on sustainable innovation performance among Chinese A-share internet technology firms. Using panel data from 2018-2024, we analyze 5,560 firm-year observations from CNRDS and CSMAR databases. Our empirical framework reveals significant positive associations between AI-enhanced HCI implementation and sustainable innovation outcomes. Results demonstrate that firms adopting advanced HCI technologies…

Mind the Gap: A Decade-Scale Empirical Study of Multi-Stakeholder Dynamics in VR Ecosystem
Yijun Lu, Hironori Washizaki, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Nobukazu Yoshioka, Chenhao Wu, Masanari Kondo, Yuyin Ma, Jiong Dong, Jianjin Zhao, Dongqi Han
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16903

Mind the Gap: A Decade-Scale Empirical Study of Multi-Stakeholder Dynamics in VR Ecosystem
In the development and evolution of VR ecosystem, platform stakeholders continuously adapt their products in response to user and technical feedback, often reflected in subtle shifts in discussion topics or system updates. A comprehensive understanding of these changes is essential for identifying gaps between user expectations and developer actions, which can guide more effective quality assurance and user-centered innovation. While previous studies have analyzed either user reviews or develop…

Melania Trump says she hopes to become the First Lady of Technology as she leads the Presidential AI Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI (Miranda Devine/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/opinion/

Exclusive | First lady Melania Trump will head effort to teach next generation about AI
First lady Melania Trump will lead the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI technology and help accelerate innovation in the field.

I'm not sure how this affected me, but my PCP just told me it's ending via form letter.
Making Care Primary (MCP) Model | CMS
https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/making-care-primary

The Evolving Role of Large Language Models in Scientific Innovation: Evaluator, Collaborator, and Scientist
Haoxuan Zhang, Ruochi Li, Yang Zhang, Ting Xiao, Jiangping Chen, Junhua Ding, Haihua Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11810

The Evolving Role of Large Language Models in Scientific Innovation: Evaluator, Collaborator, and Scientist
Scientific innovation is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by the rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs). As science faces mounting challenges including information overload, disciplinary silos, and diminishing returns on conventional research methods, LLMs are emerging as powerful agents capable not only of enhancing scientific workflows but also of participating in and potentially leading the innovation process. Existing surveys mainly focus on different perspectives, phrases, and…

Abwicklung von Afrinic beantragt: Afrikas IP-Adressverwaltung vor Gericht
Die Zukunft von Afrinic wackelt: Cloud Innovation fordert vor Gericht die Auflösung der afrikanischen IP-Registry.
https://w…

China unveils world's first zero-carbon tower with innovative green technology. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

China unveils world's first zero-carbon tower with 24,000 sensors
Discover how the zero-carbon building in Qingdao utilizes photovoltaic glass to significantly reduce carbon emissions and energy loss.

Zo, hoofdstuk 5, Innovation, zit er op, voornamelijk over CRS en CDR (Carbon Removal and Storage en Carbon Dioxide Removal) twee op realistische schaal nog onbewezen technieken waarmee de fossiele industrie regeringen verleidt om gewoon door te gaan met fossiele brandstoffen. Dat gaat niet werken maar iedereen stinkt er in.
Door naar hoofdstuk 6: Resulience.

If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education,
the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article

Apathy Over Attacks on Higher Education Needs to Change
If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society

Energy giants Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies achieve milestone with first third-party CO2 storage facility in Norway, marking a significant step in carbon capture and storage technology. #climatechange #climatesolutions

World’s first third-party CO2 storage facility kicks off in Norway
Engineers working on Norway's Northern Lights project have injected CO2 into the Aurora reservoir 2600 meters below the seabed.

The US NSF and Nvidia partner to fund the Open Multimodal Infrastructure to Accelerate Science project, led by Ai2; NSF is contributing $75M and Nvidia $77M (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/14/nsf-nvidi…

NSF and Nvidia partner develop fully open AI models to lead US science innovation - SiliconANGLE
NSF and Nvidia partner develop fully open AI models to lead US science innovation - SiliconANGLE

Understanding Japan’s AI Promotion Act: An “Innovation-First” Blueprint for AI Regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/understanding-japans-ai-promotion-act-an-innovation-first-blueprint-for-ai-regulation/

I have this idea of building a "Luddite Library". A set of information, tools and processes to harness luddite thinking when analyzing technological developments and "innovation".
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what tech is/should be/can be/mustn't be for us. Think for example sets of questions to use to analyze a new thing being pushed on you and similar tools.
I'm thinking …

The Rhythm of Tai Chi: Revitalizing Cultural Heritage in Virtual Reality through Interactive Visuals
Xianghan Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16605 https://

The Rhythm of Tai Chi: Revitalizing Cultural Heritage in Virtual Reality through Interactive Visuals
The Rhythm of Tai Chi reinterprets the ancient Chinese martial art as a dynamic, interactive virtual reality (VR) experience. By leveraging computer vision and multimedia technologies, the project transforms Tai Chi's philosophy and movements into an immersive digital form. Real-time motion tracking captures user gestures, while visual feedback systems simulate the flow of Qi, enabling an intuitive and engaging practice environment. Beyond technological innovation, this work bridges traditional…

AlphaGo Moment for Model Architecture Discovery
Yixiu Liu, Yang Nan, Weixian Xu, Xiangkun Hu, Lyumanshan Ye, Zhen Qin, Pengfei Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18074 https://

AlphaGo Moment for Model Architecture Discovery
While AI systems demonstrate exponentially improving capabilities, the pace of AI research itself remains linearly bounded by human cognitive capacity, creating an increasingly severe development bottleneck. We present ASI-Arch, the first demonstration of Artificial Superintelligence for AI research (ASI4AI) in the critical domain of neural architecture discovery--a fully autonomous system that shatters this fundamental constraint by enabling AI to conduct its own architectural innovation. Movi…

China's premier Li Qiang proposes creating an organization for global cooperation in AI and says "bottlenecks" in chip supplies are hindering AI innovation (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/de06e1ac-6a12-45a4-a31c-0dfecea4343e

Beyond Patents: R&D, Capital, and the Productivity Puzzle in Early-Stage High-Tech Firms
Victor (Xucheng), CHEN
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18227 https://

Beyond Patents: R&D, Capital, and the Productivity Puzzle in Early-Stage High-Tech Firms
This study investigates the relationship between innovation activities and firm-level productivity among early-stage high-tech startups in China. Using a proprietary dataset encompassing patent records, R&D expenditures, capital valuation, and firm performance from 2020 to 2024, we examine whether and how innovation, measured by patents and R&D input, translates into economic output. Contrary to established literature, we find that patent output does not significantly contribute to either incom…

ModeliHub: A Web-based, Federated Analytics Platform for Modelica-centric, Model-based Systems Engineering
Mohamad Omar Nachawati
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18790

ModeliHub: A Web-based, Federated Analytics Platform for Modelica-centric, Model-based Systems Engineering
This paper introduces ModeliHub, a Web-based, federated analytics platform designed specifically for model-based systems engineering with Modelica. ModeliHub's key innovation lies in its Modelica-centric, hub-and-spoke federation architecture that provides systems engineers with a Modelica-based, unified system model of repositories containing heterogeneous engineering artifacts. From this unified system model, ModeliHub's Virtual Twin engine provides a real-time, interactive simulation environ…

How AI is reshaping the perfume industry, as fragrance tech startup Osmo promises 48-hour sample turnarounds and incumbents like DSM-Firmenich embrace the tech (Arabelle Sicardi/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/691050/perfume-ai

How AI infiltrated perfume
Some say it’s innovation. Others call it erasure.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the GENIUS Act is a "historic step" and the SEC is weighing an "innovation exemption" from regulations to incentivize tokenization (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

The UK CMA proposes giving Apple and Google "strategic market status" in mobile platforms after an investigation and finds "opportunities for more innovation" (Muvija M/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/a

The Linux Foundation unveils the Agent2Agent project, with founding members including Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft; Google donated the protocol spec and SDK (Google Developers Blog)
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-cloud-donates-a2…

Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation- Google Developers Blog
Explore how Google, Amazon, and Cisco form the Agent2Agent Foundation under the Linux Foundation to drive AI innovation via interoperability as an industry standard.

Lumotive, whose optical chip tech can "steer" laser light and is an alternative to lidar, extends its Series B from $45M to $59M, including from Amazon's IIF (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-program…

Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive | TechCrunch
Lumotive reopened its February Series B round to add Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, increasing the size of the round to $59 million.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on an "innovation exemption" to boost onchain product creation and support Trump's vision of a US crypto hub (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-mulls-crypto-ex…