Emerging Tech

Wolfspeed commercially introduced transparent silicon carbide substrates aimed at AR optics, quantum computing and other optical applications.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 30, 2026

Google DeepMind says Genie 4 is in trusted testing, with access planned for select subscribers and API partners. Its demos show interactive, sound-enabled worlds.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 29, 2026

GenomeWeb reported that a biotech used Anthropic’s Claude on a CAR T signaling domain, but the available details do not verify the claimed improvement.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 28, 2026

IonQ says a $7.5 million AFRL Phase 2 award will upgrade its Rome, New York, quantum network to connect different systems over fiber and open air.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 28, 2026

Ai2 tested six LLMs and found novelty judgments could change sharply with prompt wording; retrieval and extra reasoning did not consistently help.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 27, 2026

OpenAI says an internal AI system produced a proof refuting ETH, but independent experts have not reviewed it and the formal check covers a weaker bound.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 27, 2026

Vantage reserved transformer capacity and NiSource signed a Microsoft power deal, highlighting how data centers are redesigning electricity supply.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 27, 2026

Google says its work with Ignite Energy Access supported 3.7 million solar-device deliveries and an estimated 160,000 tonnes of CO2e reductions in early 2026.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 27, 2026

A review of 18 claims in Alan D. Thompson’s ASI tracker finds mixed evidence, while its definition of superintelligence differs from major lab benchmarks.

• Geek Salad Team
• October 26, 2026

A proposed three-week test would use daily AI calls to check on seniors living alone and text family members about missed or concerning calls.

• Thorsten Meyer
• October 26, 2026