Research paper: https://
pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107
3/pnas.2531743123#abstract
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youtube.com/watch?v=jli0jP
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Microscopic 3D-Printed Robot Smaller Than Human Hair
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Scientists just built a robot smaller than the width of a human hair (!)
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 29 avril 2026
It has no motor, no computer and no battery
It's a 3D-printed, flexible chain of microscopic segments that, after being hit with an electric field, started swimming through liquid like a snake.
Try to… pic.twitter.com/OfDpkqJ8rOScientists just built a robot smaller than the width of a human hair (!) It has no motor, no computer and no battery It's a 3D-printed, flexible chain of microscopic segments that, after being hit with an electric field, started swimming through liquid like a snake. Try to
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Culture Is the Hardest Challenge in Enterprise AI Adoption
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Culture, culture, culture, culture. Getting employees trained, on board, and using them is going to be the hardest challenge. It's just like digital transformation of old: same thing, new technology.
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Q&A with UW Cheriton CS colleague on algorithms
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A Q&A with my new @UWCheritonCS colleague @Santho_Velusamy
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AI Agents Successfully Reproduce Social Science Research Results
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AI Agents Successfully Rebuild 48 Academic Papers Without Source Code
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AI agents rebuilt 48 papers without seeing the code or the paper. Most academic papers are supposed to be self-contained. Turns out, AI can now test that claim. Researchers built an agentic pipeline that reads a paper's methods section, looks at the raw data, and rewrites
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Wishful Thinking: Multi-Trillion Dollar AI Market Reality
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Wishful thinking is a multi trillion dollar market.
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AI in HR: Context Problem Over Tooling Problem
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My takeaway: AI in HR is a context problem disguised as a tooling problem. You must teach the system how your organization thinks. Where is AI breaking down in your HR workflow? Comment “HR” & I’ll share how to use AI in HR effectively. #CorbeyPartner
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Why HR AI Projects Fail: The Missing Company Context
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Most HR AI projects don’t fail because the tech is weak.
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 29 avril 2026
They fail because the AI has no idea how your company actually works.
That is the missing link.
I spoke with Anna Fedosova, co-founder of Corbey, about why this keeps happening.
Here’s the breakdown… pic.twitter.com/v9yVZzfV3PMost HR AI projects don’t fail because the tech is weak. They fail because the AI has no idea how your company actually works. That is the missing link. I spoke with Anna Fedosova, co-founder of Corbey, about why this keeps happening. Here’s the breakdown…
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BAIR Faculty Member Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Congratulations to BAIR faculty @doristsao who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!