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At WIRED Health, immunologist Daniel Davis detailed the ways in which new technologies are enabling a better understanding of the human immune system. The immune system operates at a scale scientists are only just beginning to be able to see. That new view could change how diseases like cancer are tackled. Speaking at WIRED Health on April 16, Daniel Davis, an immunologist at Imperial College London, detailed how researchers are using advanced microscopes to uncover previously invisible dynamics in the human immune system, showing that there are multiple processes happening on a "nanoscale" that was previously out of reach. That new view is already reshaping how immunity is understood.

PCWorld reports that Samsung may replace Windows 11 with Android 17 and One UI 9 on future Galaxy Book laptops for a more unified device experience. This potential shift coincides with Google introducing Aluminium OS, a new ChromeOS replacement, at their upcoming I/O conference. The move could significantly impact the laptop market by challenging Windows dominance, though Samsung's launch timeline remains unclear. It appears that Samsung is considering dropping the Windows 11 operating system on its future Galaxy Book laptops. SamMobile reports that the company is working on Galaxy Book laptops that will instead run Android 17 and One UI 9. It's unclear why Samsung would choose to switch operating systems, but SamMobile speculates that it may be to achieve a more consistent user experience across all the company's products, most of which run some version of Android and One UI.

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Following the release of GPT-5.5 last week, people noticed something funny about OpenAI's latest model. In its Codex coding app, the company left a system prompt instructing GPT 5.5 to avoid mention of goblins, gremlins and other creatures. Yes, you read that right. Never talk about goblins, gremlins, racoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query, the prompt reads. Apparently, enough people started talking about ChatGPT's creature obsession that OpenAI felt the need to provide an accounting of where the goblins came from .

PCWorld reports that Google is exploring adding advertisements to its Gemini AI app, following OpenAI's implementation of sponsored ads in ChatGPT's free and budget plans. Google's business chief Philipp Schindler views ads as potentially valuable commercial information if properly integrated, while the company has already tested ads in AI Mode and AI Overviews. This move could make AI services more accessible but raises important concerns about maintaining transparency and ensuring ads don't influence AI responses. Putting ads in AI replies is a controversial but lucrative practice, and it's one that OpenAI has already embraced with its free and budget-priced ChatGPT plans. But while Google hasn't gone there yet with Gemini, company execs admitted they're mulling the idea.

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Over the past decade, studies of naturalistic language processing where participants are scanned while listening to continuous text have flourished. Using word embeddings at first, then large language models, researchers have created encoding models to analyze the brain signals. Presenting these models with the same text as the participants allows to identify brain areas where there is a significant correlation between the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) time series and the ones predicted by the models' artificial neurons. One intriguing finding from these studies is that they have revealed highly symmetric bilateral activation patterns, somewhat at odds with the well-known left lateralization of language processing. Here, we report analyses of an fMRI dataset where we manipulate the complexity of large language models, testing 28 pretrained models from 8 different families, ranging from 124M to 14.2B parameters. First, we observe that the performance of models in predicting brain responses follows a scaling law, where the fit with brain activity increases linearly with the logarithm of the number of parameters of the model (and its performance on natural language processing tasks). Second, although this effect is present in both hemispheres, it is stronger in the left than in the right hemisphere. Specifically, the left-right difference in brain correlation follows a scaling law with the number of parameters. This finding reconciles computational analyses of brain activity using large language models with the classic observation from aphasic patients showing left hemisphere dominance for language.

Weighing an estimated 1,200 pounds, the dominant brown bear clinched the 2025 crown. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Maintenance workers at Katmai National Park in Alaska spotted 2025 Fat Bear Week champion Chunk. In a video shared by Katmai Conservancy, National Park Service (NPS) maintenance crews spotted the roughly large adult male brown bear () walking along on a patch of ice in the park.