Over the course of 2025, we had the pleasure of finding out more about a whole range of AI topics from researchers around the world. Here, we highlight some of our favourite interviews from the past 12 months. We caught up with Erica Kimei to find out about her research studying gas emissions from agriculture, specifically ruminant livestock. Erica combines machine learning and remote sensing technology to monitor and forecast such emissions. We spoke to Yuki Mitsufuji, Lead Research Scientist at Sony AI, to find out more about two pieces of research that his team presented at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024).

US and Ukrainian envoys say productive and constructive talks have taken place in Miami, but there still appears to be no major breakthrough in efforts to end Ukraine's war with Russia. Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a joint statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, after three days of meetings with European allies. The pair said the meeting focused on aligning positions on a 20-point plan, a multilateral security guarantee framework, a US Security guarantee framework for Ukraine and an economic & prosperity plan. Separate talks have been taking place in Miami between the US and the Russian envoy, Kirill Dmitriev. Our shared priority is to stop the killing, ensure guaranteed security, and create conditions for Ukraine's recovery, stability, and long-term prosperity, Witkoff and Umerov said in a statement.

The team even extracted DNA from a tiny 100-year-old butterfly leg. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. When you think of butterflies, chances are you imagine unmistakable insects with bright, bold wings. But it turns out that individual butterfly species are sometimes shockingly difficult to tell apart. "Thanks to the genetic revolution and the collaboration of researchers and museums in various countries led by London's Natural History Museum, century-old butterflies are now speaking to us," Christophe Faynel, an entomologist at the Société entomologique Antilles Guyane, said in a statement .

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Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing? Game Theory Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing? Samantha Johnson looks at how audience, attention and money are reshaping modern boxing. Jake Paul is a YouTuber with a global audience. Anthony Joshua is a former unified heavyweight champion.

Al Jazeera launches new integrative AI model, 'The Core' Al Jazeera Media Network is launching a new integrative artificial intelligence (AI) model in collaboration with Google Cloud. Al Jazeera said on Sunday that it was expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud on the network's new initiative, dubbed "The Core", that will integrate AI into its news operations. "The Core" aims to shift the role of AI "from a passive tool to an active partner in journalism", Al Jazeera said. Relying on six pillars, the initiative will integrate AI systems to help Al Jazeera journalists process complex data, produce immersive content, gain access to analytical context and automate internal workflows, among other things. "Al Jazeera is committed to establishing a global technological ecosystem that cements our leadership in the AI era," said Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani, director general of Al Jazeera Media Network.

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A French soldier uses a drone during a training exercise at a military field near Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Time was, military contractors appealed to equity investors for their stodginess -- predictable revenue, solid profit margins and reliable dividends. While weaponry behemoths like fighter-jet maker Lockheed Martin and missile producer RTX still occupy a key corner of most stock portfolios, they've gotten some company of late -- nimble upstarts more akin to technology firms with lofty valuations and the promise of rapid profit growth. The newcomers at the top of the rankings -- in share price appreciation, if not yet market value -- include drone-maker Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, satellite intelligence outfit Planet Labs PBC and data analytics company Palantir Technologies. Each has seen its stock at least double this year.

Plus: Cisco discloses a zero-day with no available patch, Venezuela accuses the US of a cyberattack, and more. Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing small drones to using them as standard surveillance tools, a move that will further expand CBP's already extensive dragnet that in some cases extends far beyond US land borders. Meanwhile, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to incorporate a broad cybersecurity contract that will include expanding employee surveillance and monitoring . The move comes as the US government is escalating leak investigations and condemning internal dissent. The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian can be used to create "nearly perfect" face swaps during live video chats, and it is a favorite tool of Southeast Asian scammers.

Finally, he gave the summaries to his fine-tuned model, and he asked it to compose passages "in the style of Vauhini Vara." Going into all this, I was self-assured, even smug. I'd always felt that my style was original and, more important, that my books were totally distinct from one another. I figured that, even if the A.I. model could imitate my past books, it couldn't predict the style of the novel in progress. So, when Chakrabarty sent me the A.I.-generated imitations, I was genuinely confused.