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Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude

The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.

Evolutionary Chemistry via LLM Agents: Multi-Objective SMILES Optimization

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction TEXTGRAD: Optimizing AI systems by backpropagating text feedback Results 3.1 Code optimization 3.2 Solution optimization by test-time training to improve problem solving 3.3 Prompt optimization…

Lee Raymond, Who Created Global Oil Behemoth Exxon Mobil, Dies at 87

He oversaw Exxon’s acquisition of a rival, cut costs relentlessly and denied the scientific consensus on climate change.

NASA head defends all-male crew for Artemis, space program named after Greek goddess

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the decision to use an all-male crew for the approaching Artemis III mission. “I have seen reactions ranging from disappointment to outrage,” Isaacman wrote in a post on X, in…

Scientist hailed after using judo training to thwart woman's attack on worker in Auckland

A pharmacist says the incident was "quite traumatising" for her staff and they are grateful for the man's bravery in halting it.

Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility

It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.

Bluesky is getting ‘communities’

Bluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built…

Daily briefing: Deep-sea whale graveyard is a treasure trove of fossils

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01905-x Researchers have uncovered more than 400 fossilized whale bones in an ocean-floor chasm. Plus, the working lives of scientists, in pictures, and how AI could slow the…

Tool flags suspicious journals before researchers submit papers

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01707-1 The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

Human contribution to global warming highest ever in 2025, says study

Researchers solve 'frustrating' horned cattle mystery

Researchers at the University of Queensland identify a previously undetected gene variant in Northern Australia cattle breeds, such as brahmans, solving a mystery that has frustrated producers for years.

Surprise upset: GPT-5.5 beats Claude Fable 5 on brutal new Agents’ Last Exam benchmark

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI), alongside an advisory committee of over 300 domain experts, have launched Agents’ Last Exam (ALE) —a grueling new benchmark…