Three things moved today: an AI that may be doing original science, a brain implant trial that just opened to people across the country, and the rocket that wants to make space routine.
AI May Be Making Discoveries Humans Couldn't
OpenAI says its unreleased models proved a famous math conjecture in every dimension where humans had managed only three, knocked down an assumption hundreds of computer-science papers rest on, and proved part of a Millennium Prize problem in physics. If even one holds up under outside review, AI has started producing original science on its own. No human referee has ruled yet.
People Who've Lost Their Voice May Talk Again Through a Brain Implant. The Trial Just Went Nationwide.
A woman who had largely lost her speech to a motor neuron disease now talks, texts and makes phone calls through a wireless brain implant, its maker says. The trial testing it no longer requires living within a four-hour drive of a hospital: anyone in the continental U.S. who can reach one of three study sites may be considered.
Getting to Space Could Soon Be Routine. SpaceX Wants Its Giant Rocket Flying Every Week.
SpaceX told investors it expects to launch Starship about once a week in the first half of 2027 and twice a week after that. The booster for the next flight just passed a key engine test, and that flight, as soon as Nov. 8, will try to catch both halves of the rocket out of the air.
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