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"Deep Research, Shallow Agency: What Academic Deep Research Can and Can't Do"
https://aarontay.substack.com/p/how-agentic-are-academic-deep-research

Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise funding at a $1.3B valuation, up from $500M in October (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/applied…

Applied Compute, Founded by Ex-OpenAI Researchers, in Talks for $1.3 Billion Valuation
Applied Compute, a startup founded by three former OpenAI researchers that helps companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise new funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, including the investment, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions. The funding would ...

Even #Nature now uses #AI to generate content: Sensory substitution devices and perception https://www.

SPRIND Bürgerhackathon: Deutschland, was nervt?
Beschweren ausdrücklich erwünscht! Die Agentur für Sprunginnovation lädt zum ersten bürgerschaftlichen Hackathon nach taiwanischem Vorbild ein.
https://www.

AI Chatbots Are Poisoning Research Archives With Fake Citations https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Rand Paul, the Senate homeland security committee's chair has requested that multiple academic research centers focused on political extremism
hand over years worth of documentation on
federal watch list programs,
the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol,
vaccine mandates,
the 2020 election,
and Trump supporters,
according to information obtained by WIRED.

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.

from my link log —
Floating-point printing and parsing can be simple and fast.
https://research.swtch.com/fp
saved 2026-01-20 https://dotat.at/:/QGSL2.htm…

Fair Vote Canada is pleased to announce the Teacher Resources section of our website. The first teacher resource has now been added.
A Fair Vote? Rights, Responsibilities, and Decision-Making in a Democracy is an exciting new resource for Grade 5 Social Studies teachers, which was developed by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto and Fair Vote Canada.

NFL Week 16 risers and fallers, plus ranking 2025 gifts for (or from) all 32 teams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6911846/2025/12/22/week-16-risers-and-fallers-ranking-2025-gifts-32-teams/

Trevon Diggs regresa al campo, con futuro incierto en los Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/trevon-diggs-regresa-al-campo-con-futuro-incierto-en-los-cowboys