Researchers build self-sustaining AI computer virus prototype

In an open letter ahead of Trump's meeting with Xi, Marcus proposes Cold War-style cooperation on cancer and cybersecurity instead of an AI slowdown. He cites a People's Daily front page calling for AI as "a new frontier for China-US cooperation."

Videojam founder Alan More pointed a language model at metadata for 2,026 YouTube-embedded music videos; it flagged 1,632, with 98.2% of flags resting on two catch-all rationales. Rebuilding the detector from scratch surfaced one row worth acting on.

Grai bought Hangout, the 2024 revival of Turntable.fm, for an undisclosed amount ahead of its own launch. Hangout signed up 1.1 million users in its first few months and added prompt-generated tracks last December.

Show HN project Npunlock provides a way to run custom C kernels for Intel NPUs, bypassing the standard toolchain. Posted to GitHub by hsfzxjy.

GO Forward with AI aims to help 30,000 Grab partners build practical AI skills across Southeast Asia.

XDuck stands 56.8 cm tall and weighs 10.352 kg, a scaled-up version of Microduck that the builders say now walks. At this size it resembles Disney's BDX droids.

Fearn raised $5.5M from Kindred Ventures and a16z Speedrun before formally launching patent prosecution for startups. It claims provisional filings in as little as three business days with fixed fees, versus 30-40 attorney hours and $18,000-$40,000 for a conventional application.