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Source: Reflection AI, founded by ex-Google researchers and maker of the AI agent Asimov, has raised most of the $1B it is seeking to develop open-source LLMs (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reflection-ai-targe…

Reflection AI Targets $1 Billion to Take on Meta, DeepSeek in Open Source
Reflection AI, a one-year-old startup co-founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, is in talks to raise more than $1 billion to fund its efforts to develop open-source large language models to compete with the likes of China’s DeepSeek, France’s Mistral and U.S-based Meta Platforms, ...

Your Breath Controls Your Vision: New Research Reveals Surprising Connection https://techfixated.com/your-breath-controls-your-vision-new-research-reveals-surprising-connection-3…

Your Breath Controls Your Vision: New Research Reveals Surprising Connection
Every inhale and exhale subtly reshapes what you see—a discovery that could transform how we understand perception, attention, and even diagnose neurological

"God’s love has the first and the final word, and we are invited to be part of it in our time and place."
—Shannon Craigo-Snell ’95 M.Div., ’02 Ph.D. in her article in the new issue of Reflections https://reflections.yale.edu/article/c

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
(... people on my floor did this research!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-peaceful-microbes-outlast-aggressive-rivals.html

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
On the battlefield that is the microbial world, where microorganisms often try to wipe out the competition by producing various toxins, sometimes it helps to be a pacifist.

Study shows the use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship satisfaction https://phys.org/news/2025-07-emoji-impact-relationship-outcomes-reveals.html

Emoji use may impact relationship outcomes, study reveals
The use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship satisfaction, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Eun Huh from the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.

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"The British people want peace. The government’s continued support for Israel must be made untenable. The Gaza Inquiry Bill, and the “red line” Palestine solidarity campaigners drew around Parliament yesterday, help us to do that."
Corbyn’s Gaza Inquiry Bill reflects public opinion – Starmer’s pro-war policy does not | Morning Star

Cowboys could replace Micah Parsons with SEC star pass rusher https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-could-replace-micah-parsons-sec-star-pass-rusher/74414179d8ae46fa4bdd94…

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"My experiences of connection with God and others in the church have kept me coming back. I am hoping against hope that the 21st century church can be an experiential community for the future, a place that more and more people can turn to for a mysterious experience of eternal resonance."
—S. Slade Hogan ’22 S.T.M. writing in the new issue of Reflections, which asks whether Christianity is losing its religion.