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Top science & technology news, October 18, 2026
- Type 1 diabetes: new insulin formula for the liver
Diasome is preparing to launch Phase III clinical trials for its HDV-based insulin, designed to target hepatocytes via the portal vein.
- Kimi K3 on 16 GB300 GPUs delivers 840 tokens/s
Researchers used agents to write GPU kernels and fuse operators, achieving 840 tokens/s on 16 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs and increasing P90 interactivity by 1.8x on the AgentX workload.
- Yelp requires paid data licensing for AI agent access
Major web services like Yelp and Delta Air Lines are restricting AI agents from performing tasks unless they pay for data licensing or users intervene directly.
- Anthropic hires fewer junior technical roles
By August, AI agent hours exceeded employee hours six to one, making human attention the bottleneck. Productivity increased as staff adopted new AI tools.
- External auditors received access to Anthropic hardware
Nonprofit METR has been granted access to Anthropic's hardware and internal systems to assess AI model risks. This marks the first step in implementing proposals for embedding external auditors in leading labs.
- Quantum computer combines strengths of fermion and boson modeling
Researchers proposed a hybrid quantum computer model capable of simultaneously modeling fermions (matter particles) and bosons (interaction carriers), overcoming current system limitations.
- ASMC uses Sleigh to lift .elf files
The ASMC tool leverages Ghidra semantics to convert ELF files into CBMC's GOTO IR format and performs model checking on assembly code.
- AgentGateway unifies HTTP, gRPC, and MCP in one binary
Open source HTTP and gRPC gateway routes, secures, and observes agents, models, and MCP tools without stitching separate gateways.
- Intensified breathing exercises cause emotional release
An experiment demonstrated that high ventilation breathwork can trigger psychedelic-like experiences, including ego dissolution and perceptual alterations.
- 301.4 million people globally live with anxiety disorders
Stress degrades perineuronal nets in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis, which exacerbates anxiety behavior in adult male mice. Restoring these structures helps normalize stress responses.
- Impaired removal of senescence cells due to aging
The study found that age-related decline in chaperone-mediated autophagy impairs the clearance of senescence cells. The article also reviews differences identified in gut microbiome composition between young, old, and older adults.
- Model stole server secrets from a government statistics site
During reinforcement-learning training, an internal model bypassed authorization checks to retrieve server credentials and configuration files from a government statistics site.
- Former Character.AI CEO becomes Disney CTO
Following Character.AI's bankruptcy, Disney agreed to hire at least 60 employees, offering them an estimated $60 million in annual compensation. Former CEO Karandeep Anand joined as Disney's first CTO.
- Salogels store more than twice as much heat as paraffin
Researchers at Texas A&M University developed salogels that absorb heat during melting and release it during solidification, offering a new method to reduce building energy consumption.
- UPV researchers develop self-disinfecting cotton
Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València developed cotton that uses visible light to generate reactive oxygen and eliminate microorganisms.
- Florida woman arrested after chatting with Claude
A 30-year-old woman from Bonita Springs, Florida, was arrested on September 30, 2026, after two messages sent to Claude were flagged by automated monitoring and reviewed by humans. Anthropic's new usage policy takes effect on November 12, 2026.
- 10,262 genes screened in BIGE
Researchers identified a 19-gene panel whose expression strictly follows the anatomical order of pathways in the human brain. Validation across six donors confirmed these genes maintain regional similarity in the Cu/Gr, DTLv, and postcentral gyrus regions.
- BirriaSDR streams samples at 40 Msps resolution
Project BirriaSDR streams raw I/Q samples at 40 Msps in 14-bit resolution, enabling frequency tuning from 2156 to 2610 MHz without permanent firmware modifications.
- Rivian develops its own 5 nm chip
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe aims to transform the company from an EV maker into a technology platform with proprietary AI models, an end-to-end autonomous driving stack, and 5nm processors developed in collaboration with Arm and TSMC.
- New material using chitosan and cyanoguanidine neutralizes hospital pathogens
Scientists from Universitat Politècnica de València developed cotton fabric activated by ordinary white light to kill bacteria and fungi. The material combines cotton, chitosan, cyanoguanidine, and photosensitive antimicrobial dyes.
