🤖 Anthropic is giving scientists up to $50,000 in AI credits to help solve rare diseases.

Instead of funding research with cash, Anthropic is handing researchers something they increasingly need just as much: AI compute.

The company has launched a new grant program focused on rare genetic diseases, offering selected teams up to $50,000 in Claude API credits over six months.

There are two tracks:

• Basic research for scientists, clinicians, patient organizations, and data scientists studying how rare diseases work.
• Drug development for early-stage biotech companies trying to speed up treatments.

Rare diseases are notoriously difficult to study because patient populations are tiny and data is scarce. Anthropic believes AI can help researchers uncover hidden patterns, analyze massive amounts of scientific literature, and accelerate discoveries that would otherwise take much longer.

Applications are open until August 2, and accepted teams will gain access to Claude Opus and other approved models for biological research.

I wonder, what is Anthropic's motivation for giving away this money, and what benefit do they gain from it? 🤔

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🧠 Five brain chips helped a paralyzed man move and feel again.

Keith Thomas was left paralyzed from the chest down after breaking his neck. For years, he couldn’t use his hands. Now, thanks to five tiny brain implants, he’s picking up objects again.

Two of the implants send signals from his brain directly to his arms and hands, bypassing the damaged part of his spinal cord. The other three restore his sense of touch by transmitting signals from sensors on his skin back to his brain.

But here’s the part that stunned researchers: Even after the implants were removed, some of the movement and sensation remained.

Scientists believe the treatment may have encouraged the brain and nervous system to build new pathways, suggesting these implants could eventually do more than temporarily restore function, they might actually help the body relearn how to move.

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🔍 Google gives Gemini Notebook a cloud computer

Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and added a personal cloud computer to each notebook. This lets it write and run code inside notes. The feature is available only to AI Ultra and Workspace subscribers.

Gemini Notebook is an AI-powered note-taking tool that integrates coding capabilities directly within notes. Internal tests show the new version outperforms the old one by 65%, and by nearly 80% in complex web searches.

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🧑‍💻 Codex skill finds first clients fast

A new skill for Codex helps find first clients by analyzing a product link or idea description. It identifies target audiences, locates people and companies with related problems, and rates product fit.

Codex then generates an HTML report with potential clients and draft messages ready to use.

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🙃 Elon Musk is extremely unhappy with Nolan’s “Odyssey”, he wants to make his own AI version

Elon Musk said that his AI model Grok Imagine will create a full-length film adaptation of “The Odyssey” by the end of 2026.

Musk made the statement after the release of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey”, which sparked heated debates among viewers and critics.

The film, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, received mixed reactions: some viewers criticized the modern interpretation of the ancient epic, the casting choices, and the departure from Greek traditions.

Social media users also actively discussed the film’s visual style, costumes, and the director’s creative decisions, including the casting and reinterpretation of ancient Greek heroes.

In Greece, the film was met with a very cold reaction. Viewers and politicians are asking: why are there almost no Greek actors in a story about ancient Greece?

If Musk’s project is completed, it could become one of the first attempts to create a full-length movie using generative AI.

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The AI race isn’t just about GPUs anymore. It’s about talent. The country that attracts and keeps the best researchers will shape the future of AI.

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🙃 Elon Musk on Anthropic:

"I think Dario is a very principled person & he cares about things a lot. He cares about the future of the world. I think everyone I've met at Anthropic so far has been like, no one set off my evil detector. They always seem like they're well-intentioned".

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Claude Opus 5 has been introduced as a new advanced AI model. It is reported to surpass Fable 5 in the majority of evaluation benchmarks.

According to available information, Claude Opus 5 demonstrates performance at a level close to Fable 5 but is available at half the cost. The model is described as both thoughtful and proactive in its capabilities.

No additional details on release timing or specific features have been provided.

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