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   From TLDR 2025-02-14   
      
    BRAIN IMPLANT THAT COULD BOOST MOOD BY USING ULTRASOUND TO GO UNDER   
   NHS TRIAL (3 MINUTE READ) [6]    
      
    The UK's Advanced Research and Intervention Agency (Aria) is funding   
   a trial to test a brain-computer interface that directly alters brain   
   activity using ultrasound to boost mood. The technology could   
   revolutionize the treatment of conditions such as depression,   
   addiction, OCD, and epilepsy by rebalancing disrupted patterns of   
   brain activity. The device was developed by a US-based non-profit   
   called Forest Neurotech. The trial will recruit patients who have had   
   a part of their skull temporarily removed so that the device can be   
   tested without having to perform surgery. It will run for three and a   
   half years starting in March, and if successful, the device will move   
   into full clinical trials.    
      
    AI-DESIGNED ENZYMES (7 MINUTE READ) [8]    
      
    One of the ultimate aims of protein design is to build entirely new   
   enzymes from scratch. Scientists have traditionally discovered enzymes   
   in nature and then adapted them through trial and error. New advances   
   in AI may eventually lead to ways to create bespoke enzymes from the   
   ground up, but doing so remains a formidable challenge. Many of the   
   protein structural databases used to train models consist   
   overwhelmingly of structures gleaned from 'frozen' images, preventing   
   them from making accurate recreations of dynamic structures.    
      
    AI IS STIFLING TECH ADOPTION (6 MINUTE READ) [12]    
      
    The integration of AI has stifled the adoption of new and potentially   
   superior technologies due to training data cutoffs and system prompt   
   influence.    
      
    OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND CORPORATE INFLUENCE (34 MINUTE READ) [13]    
      
    The large-scale engagement of corporations in open source needs to be   
   treated seriously because it has and will continue to have negative   
   consequences even if every individual involved is participating in   
   good faith.    
      
    META CTO SAYS STAFF SHOULD QUIT IF THEY DON'T LIKE META'S NEW   
   POLICIES (1 MINUTE READ) [14]    
      
    Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said employees were free to quit if they   
   think that it's okay to leak to the media because of policy disagreements.   
      
    AI OR DIE (7 MINUTE READ) [16]    
      
    It may be possible to have 'a country of geniuses' within a data   
   center by as early as 2026 - companies will need to be prepared for   
   this future.    
      
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   [6] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/20/brain-implant-boost-mood-ul   
   trasound-nhs-trial?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [8] https://press.asimov.com/articles/ai-enzymes?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [12]   
   https://vale.rocks/posts/ai-is-stifling-tech-adoption?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [13] https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/open-source-software-and-corporate-inf   
   luence/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [14] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/meta-cto-says-staff-should-quit-if-they-   
   dont-like-metas-new-policies/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [16] https://www.rkg.blog/ai-or-die.php?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
      
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