Aleix M Martinez
@aleixmartinez.bsky.social
Director of Science at Amazon and Professor at OSU https://www.aiforexecutivescourse.com/course
🎁 Gift article. Super excited to see a start up dedicated to automating engineering and scientific processes. And, what better team than @jeffdean.bsky.social and Oriol Vinyals to accomplish this.
Google’s Chief Scientist Leaving After 27 Years—to Start His Own AI Company
Three other longtime Google scientists will join Jeff Dean to launch Discovery Loop, which will apply automated AI research to drug design and other challenges.
wsj.com
🎁 Gift article. AI is forcing schools to dive deeper on applicants. A team at @caltech.edu now checks for the validity of every claimed made on the applications of accepted students.
The ‘Fraud Squad’ at Caltech Will Catch You if You Lie on Your Application
Investigators at the college vet every admitted student’s application as schools nationwide battle AI-fueled cheating.
wsj.com
Bending Spoons acquires Airtable for close to $1.3B. Airtable software combines spreadsheet and database capabilities, allowing anyone to build applications and manage operational workflows without coding expertise.
Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3 billion Airtable deal
Bending Spoons has agreed to buy Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S. software firm at $1.285 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, marking the Italian technology company's first acquisit...
reuters.com
"AI beta" companies—those most sensitive to growth in AI usage—earn significantly higher subsequent returns, suggesting an AI premium. The strongest equity premium comes from closed-source frontier models, paid/experienced users, and long, complex prompts. www.nber.org/papers/w35451
AI Premium
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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A artificial-intelligence tool dubbed Raygun can miniaturize or supersize a natural protein without disrupting the protein’s shape or ability to function go.nature.com/4fFKvdT
This AI ‘Raygun’ can shrink and supersize proteins — opening the door to easy editing
Nature - Model modifies existing proteins using probability approach.
go.nature.com
To be a great leader (whether in industry or academia) means to identify, develop and promote great talent.
I understand the rational, but disappointing nonetheless. I hope the great work will continue at Isomorphic Labs.
Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift
Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery
ft.com
There are an estimated 20 million accelerators (like GPUs, Traniums, and TPUs) in data centers right now.
🎁 Gift article. AI will indeed be a positive contributor to society. Great oped by Mark Zuckerberg. Highly recommended read.
Opinion | The AI Future Is for Everyone
The history of democracy and economics has proved that centralized power stifles human potential.
wsj.com
If you think you cannot afford a team of AI experts, wait until you uncover the cost of not having it 📚
Ilya, who’s been mostly using TPUs, receives funding from NVIDIA to boost the number of GPUs at Safe Superintelligence.
Exclusive | Nvidia Bets on Ilya Sutskever’s New AI Lab to Expand Compute Reach
The partnership with the former top OpenAI scientist aims to boost the chip giant’s high-profile customer roster during the AI boom.
wsj.com
But, of course. AI will increase GDP. And GDP growth always leads to more hiring.
Big Companies Are Starting to Hire Again, Defying Predictions of AI Wipeout
After a year of holding back on new hires, companies from tech and transportation to defense now say they need more people to work alongside AI.
wsj.com
Mary-Dell Chilton led the research team that produced the first transgenic plant. 🪴
Mary-Dell Chilton, the Mother of Genetically Modified Crops, Dies at 87
She led the research team that produced the first transgenic plant, but had little interest in becoming the spokesperson for GMOs.
wsj.com
Science funding for individuals and universities is about to change. This is a MASIVE overhaul, not a tweak. All researchers and University admins should read this report. What impact do you think this will have on science and research institutions? prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resou...
More than 50% of internet traffic is now estimated to be driven by AI. Let that sink in.
This is incredible! 50%+ reduction of inter-cell reduction of age-associated CML. In vitro. Work made possible thanks to AI tools.
Reversal of protein chemical aging by enzymatic deglycation - Nature Communications
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in proteins, a hallmark of aging, are considered irreversible. Here, authors report the development of CMLase - an enzyme that specifically oxidizes Nε-carboxyme...
nature.com
Moonshot AI, the company that released Kimi K3 (a model almost as good as Anthropic’s Fable 5), is valued at $20B. Meanwhile Anthropic is valued at over $900B. Tell me how this makes any sense.
If you're coming to #SIGGRAPH, don't miss the 2026 Thesis Fast Forward in-person event! Recent PhD graduates will present their exciting thesis work on Monday 20 July from 10:30-11:30am in Room 404AB of the LA convention center: s2026.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
This exoplanet has a 25 day orbit and some reasonable conditions to foster life.
Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone
Observations of highly irradiated gas giant exoplanets have shown helium escaping from their atmospheres. There is limited evidence for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets, perhaps because they have alrea...
science.org
It’s coming. First potential vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
First-in-human testing of a mutant KRAS vaccine for pancreatic cancer interception in high-risk cohorts
Abstract. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) arises from precursor lesions over a decade-plus, offering a window for interception in high-risk individuals, but current surveillance detects a mino...
aacrjournals.org
No press release. Elon’s silent acquisition of a company specializing in fast deployable, modular power generation. As I’ve been saying for a long time. Energy is the key to AI success.
Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok
Elon Musk quietly bought APR Energy, a 1 GW gas and diesel turbine fleet, to power xAI's Grok — years after building his brand on solar energy.
electrek.co
Spain’s CSIC’s come a long way. And, it’s hence important to know its history.
Spain’s largest research organization confronts its dark past
Spanish National Research Council, established under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, has published the stories of some 500 researchers and support staff purged after civil war
science.org
ML research papers are finally news. It’s been a lifetime effort for many of us. #ICML
The Hottest Research Papers From the International Conference on Machine Learning
I’m only slightly jet-lagged after coming back from last week’s International Conference on Machine Learning in Seoul, where AI researchers from around the world shared new ways to run and train model...
theinformation.com
Deeptune specializes in building environments for AI agents to practice real-world tasks.
AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup | Fortune
The acquisition comes as Mercor says it reached $2 billion in annual recurring revenue despite a high-profile cybersecurity breach in March.
fortune.com
Uncertainty over federal funding is thinning PhD programs.
Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’
nytimes.com
The US added 𝟭,𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 in 2025. Each and every day. As Buffett said, never bet against America. Happy 250th birthday America 🇺🇸
