Advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think officially achieves gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad — Google DeepMind

Acknowledgements We thank the International Mathematical Olympiad organization for their support. This project was a large-scale collaboration, and its success is due to the combined efforts of many individuals and teams. Thang Luong led the overall technical direction for IMO 2025 effort and co-led with Edward Lockhart on the overall coordination. The leads and key…

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Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win US$3 million Breakthrough prizes

David Hertzog and Katherine High were among the winners of this year’s Breakthrough prize.Credit: Dennis R. Wise & Colin Lenton Researchers dedicated to a decades-long quest to measure the magnetic properties of the subatomic muon particle have won one of this year’s US$3 million Breakthrough prizes. The results seemingly confirm the standard model of particle…

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‘Starmer accused of Mandelson cover up’ and ‘Time for Strait talking’

There’s more criticism levelled at the prime minister, with the Sunday Express saying Sir Keir is being accused of “betraying” Northern Ireland veterans over Labour’s plans to repeal the Legacy Act. The controversial clause, which protects former servicemen from prosecution for Troubles-era crimes, had already been found to be unlawful and was opposed by Northern…

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Exploring the context of online images with Backstory — Google DeepMind

Acknowledgements We would like to thank Zoubin Ghahramani, Helen King, Rahul Sukthankar, Raia Hadsell, and Chandu Thota for their leadership and support. This work was done thanks to the contributions of Mevan Babakar, Hannah Forbes-Pollard, Nikki Hariri, Thomas Leung, Nick Dufour, Ben Usman, Min Ma, Steve Pucci, Spudde Childs, Kate Harrison, Alanna Slocum, Reza Aghajani,…

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