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Google Colab Now Has an Open-Source MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server: Use Colab Runtimes with GPUs from Any Local AI Agent

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Google has officially released the Colab MCP Server, an implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that enables AI agents to interact directly with the Google Colab environment. This integration moves beyond simple code generation by providing agents with programmatic access to create, modify, and execute Python code within cloud-hosted Jupyter notebooks. This represents a […]

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Lack of funding is stifling scientific research | Letter

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Dr Simon Williams says the UK is trying to build a quantum ecosystem while hollowing out the academic pipeline that produces the talentLiz Kendall is right to warn that the UK must not let quantum computing talent slip through its fingers (UK must learn lessons from AI race and retain its quantum computing talent, says

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Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias

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Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groupsEssex police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities.The move to suspend use of the AI-enabled systems was revealed

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The best pressure washers in the UK for cleaning garden furniture and patios – tested

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Our expert puts the best power washers through their paces on the toughest – and muckiest – outdoor chores, from grimy paving slabs to dirty decking• The best lawnmowers to keep your grass in checkThe trouble with the great outdoors is that it gets a bit untidy. Your garden tools might do a good job

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Prolonged high oil prices could ‘crimp’ AI boom, WTO warns

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Iran war and its impact on energy and fertiliser costs is the main risk to the global economy, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesAn extended period of high oil prices as a result of war in the Middle East could “crimp” the AI boom, the World Trade Organization’s chief economist has warned.The war and its

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PwC partners who fail to embrace AI have no future at firm, US CEO warns

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Paul Griggs says senior staff at consulting firm who are not ‘paranoid about being AI-first’ are likely to be replacedBusiness live – latest updatesThe US boss of PricewaterhouseCoopers has warned that partners who do not get to grips with AI have no future at the consulting firm.Paul Griggs said senior staff who were not “paranoid

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The Rite of Spring / Mirror review – glitchy Stravinsky and digital doppelgangers from Alexander Whitley

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Sadler’s Wells East, LondonVisual spectacle overwhelms the human drama in the choreographer’s tech-heavy double billTechnology can sometimes seem to take on its own life and sideline the people it is nominally assisting. That tension, even conflict, is the subject of Mirror, a new duet by Alexander Whitley, who has good form with choreographic deployments of

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US startup advertises ‘AI bully’ role to test patience of leading chatbots

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$800-a-day position involves exposing a chatbot’s inconsistencies as it forgets, fudges or hallucinatesImagine a day at work where your main task is to pick a fight with a computer. No meetings, no emails – just you, a chair and a chatbot with the maddening tendency to think it has the cleverest mind in the room.The

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Meta on trial over child safety: can it really protect its next generation of users?

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New Mexico prosecutors allege Meta prioritized profit, even as child abuse surged on Instagram and FacebookSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMeta is facing a reckoning over its child safety practices as a trial surfaces fresh allegations that the company prioritized profit incentives and engagement over protecting

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A Coding Guide to Implement Advanced Differential Equation Solvers, Stochastic Simulations, and Neural Ordinary Differential Equations Using Diffrax and JAX

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In this tutorial, we explore how to solve differential equations and build neural differential equation models using the Diffrax library. We begin by setting up a clean computational environment and installing the required scientific computing libraries such as JAX, Diffrax, Equinox, and Optax. We then demonstrate how to solve ordinary differential equations using adaptive solvers

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