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Neuroscientist's AI-Powered Startup Aims To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory

Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience."
"For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," Kreiman writes on LinkedIn. And now "My co-founder Spandan Madan and I built a new algorithm to endow humans with perfect and infinite memory."

Engramme connects to your **memorome**, i.e., entire digital life. Large Memory Models work in the same way that your brain encodes and retrieves information. Then memories are recalled automatically — no searching, no prompting, no hallucinations. [The startup's web site promises "omniscient AI to augment human cognition."]

We have built the memory layer for EVERY app. Read our manifesto about augmenting human cognition. ["We are not just building software; we are enabling a complete transformation of human cognition. When the friction disappears between needing a piece of information and recalling it, the nature of thought itself changes. This synergy between biological intuition and digital precision will be the most disruptive force in modern history, fundamentally reshaping every profession... We are dedicated to creating a world where everyone has the power to remember everything they have ever learned, seen, or felt "]

Welcome to a new future where you can remember everything. This is the MEMORY SINGULARITY: after 300,000 years, this is the moment that humans stop forgetting.

Bloomberg reports that the startup (spun out of a lab at Harvard) is "in talks with investors to raise about $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter."

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Anthropic's mysterious Mythos AI threatens to upend the infosec world

Or it's a bunch of pre-IPO hype. Either way, we're giving it the once-over on this week's episode

Kettle  Anthropic dropped a doozy on us this week with the launch of Mythos, an AI model it says is able to find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities with a shocking level of ability. …

It's a beautiful day...Happy Bench Monday

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It's a beautiful day...Happy Bench Monday

Despite a 32C once or twice later this week, heat sticking around for some annoying reason, this morning in Brisbane was lovely and cool and at last a harbinger of winter. This shot wasn't today but recently when we managed to briefly escape medical appointments for some quiet time beside Lake Samsonvale north of Brisbane.

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Rory McIlroy holds nerve to be the Master again as others succumb to tension

  • 2025 winner joins Nicklaus, Faldo and Woods in retaining title

  • He triumphs on 12 under by one shot from Scottie Scheffler

You are left wondering how on earth Augusta National managed to inflict such psychological torture on Rory McIlroy for all those years. Or maybe that is precisely the point, that ­McIlroy’s ending of his Masters hoodoo in 2025 placed him into a fresh head space where failure is not an option. It turns out Green Jackets are like London buses. Back in Augusta, where he became only the sixth man in history to complete a career grand slam, McIlroy entered the record books once more. He is now the fourth golfer to successfully defend the Masters, after Jack ­Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. As a six-time major winner, he has surpassed Seve Ballesteros.

What next, Rory? He could walk on Rae’s Creek. McIlroy’s latest Masters triumph arrived with the 36-year-old considerably short of his best for much of the tournament. That only emphasises his excellence.

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Ukraine war briefing: Easter truce expires as both sides accuse the other of violations

Ukraine records more than 2,000 violations, Russia claims 1,900. Zelenskyy congratulates Hungary’s Peter Magyar. What we know on day 1,510

A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to mark the Orthodox Easter formally expired on Monday, with both sides having accused each other of thousands of violations, despite a lull in Russian air raids. The truce lasted 32 hours, from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Saturday until the end of the day on Sunday. Both sides had agreed to observe the ceasefire, which Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday and which Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed more than a week earlier. But as with a similar agreement last year, only relative calm reigned along the 1,200km (745-mile) frontline.

The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Sunday it had recorded 2,299 ceasefire violations by 7am, including assaults, shelling and small drone launches. It said in the statement that the use of long-range drones, missiles or guided bombs had not been reported. A Ukrainian military officer told the Associated Press on Saturday that Russian forces had continued to attack their positions.

Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations by Ukrainian forces, including drone strikes. The head of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said rescuers uncovered the bodies of two civilians who were killed in a Ukrainian attack on Saturday afternoon.

Zelenskyy congratulated Hungary’s Peter Magyar on his “resounding victory” in parliamentary elections on Sunday, pledging to work with the country’s new leadership “for the benefit of both nations”. “Congratulations to [Peter Magyar] and the TISZA party on their resounding victory … We are ready for meetings and joint constructive work for the benefit of both nations, as well as peace, security, and stability in Europe,” the Ukrainian president said on X.

The EU will be waiting to see how Magyar changes Hungary’s approach to Ukraine. Orbán repeatedly frustrated EU efforts to support the neighbouring country in its war against Russia’s full-scale invasion, while cultivating close ties to Putin and refusing to end Hungary’s dependence on Russian energy imports.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Russian troops still needed to take control of 17-18% of Ukraine’s disputed Donetsk region, state news agency Tass reported. Russian forces would continue fighting in Ukraine after the Orthodox Easter truce ended, he said.

Pjotr Sauer travelled to Bucha to report on the Ukrainians drawn in online by Russian intelligence services, promised money or coerced into carrying out sabotage attacks against their own country.

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Buitenlandminister Iran: waren dit weekend dicht bij deal met VS

TEHERAN (ANP/AFP) - Iran was dit weekend "slechts enkele centimeters" verwijderd van een akkoord met de Verenigde Staten, zegt de Iraanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Araghchi. In Pakistan vonden dit weekend onderhandelingen plaats tussen Iraanse en Amerikaanse delegaties.

"Iran heeft in goed vertrouwen met de VS onderhandeld om de oorlog te beëindigen", schreef Araghchi op X. Toen de twee partijen dicht bij een deal waren, zouden de VS van positie zijn veranderd, aldus Iran. "We werden geconfronteerd met maximalistische eisen, verschuivende doelstellingen en een blokkade", schrijft Araghchi.

De Amerikaanse delegatie, onder leiding van vicepresident JD Vance, had een "laatste en beste" voorstel gedaan aan Iran en vertrok vervolgens uit Pakistan. Na uren onderhandelen werd er geen akkoord bereikt.


Magyar belooft eerlijker systeem in Hongarije

BOEDAPEST (ANP/RTR/BLOOMBERG) - De leider van de oppositiepartij die aan kop gaat in de Hongaarse parlementsverkiezingen, Péter Magyar, heeft zondagavond de "marionetten" van Viktor Orbán opgeroepen om af te treden. Inmiddels is 96,37 procent van de stemmen geteld en staat Magyars partij Tisza op 138 van de 199 zetels in het parlement. Dat is een tweederde meerderheid.

In zijn toespraak in Boedapest zei Magyar dat Hongaren hem een mandaat hebben gegeven om het systeem van Viktor Orbán, die zestien jaar lang premier was, te ontmantelen. Hij riep daarom de president, de hoogste rechters en de hoofdaanklager op om af te treden.

"Onze onafhankelijke instituten zijn de afgelopen zestien jaar gegijzeld geweest", zei Magyar tegen een grote menigte. Hij beloofde het systeem van checks and balances te herstellen. Ook zei hij dat Hongarije zondag "ja" heeft gezegd tegen Europa en dat het land een sterke bondgenoot van de EU en de NAVO zal zijn.


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Na zestien jaar aan de macht lijkt het tijdperk van Viktor Orbán voorbij. Oppositieleider Péter Magyar heeft een groot mandaat gekregen van de Hongaarse bevolking. „Liefde heeft vandaag gewonnen, omdat liefde altijd wint.”