NIF achieves 8.6 megajoules

 Fusion breakthrough: NIF achieves 8.6 megajoules, shattering previous record

https://www.techspot.com/news/107971-fusion-breakthrough-nif-achieves-86-megajoules-shattering-previous.html

Chinese student visa revocations will be crippling

 Chinese student visa revocations will cripple the US in the AI race

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I work in the one of the AI teams at the big G. Most of my colleagues have a PhD and are from China. Beyond them, even a lot of the resumes we receive for research internships are from Chinese candidates in US universities. I'm sure the current administration is not gonna stop at student visas and is gonna target O1, H1B and green card holders next.

A majority of noteworthy papers in AI conferences over the last 3 years have come from Chinese lead authors. Most elite US PhD programs have a majority of Chinese students. If these people were to go back to China, it'd only bolster their already formidable AI industry and be a massive loss for the big US based AI companies.

Chinese PhD graduates already face significant hurdles today getting a green card even after qualifying for the extra-ordinary category (EB-1A). This has already caused a significant number of researchers to go back to China with Deepseek and Qwen teams having a large number of ex-FAANG/OpenAI/Anthropic engineers.

I don't see how the US maintains its lead in the AI race long term if it revokes visas for Chinese students.

Human replacement

 This is a good video about mass produced robots replacing human workers:

https://youtu.be/RFbuZpNaIaY?si=ECChAX33-50tKB7n

Secretary Wright visits LLNL

Just this week Secretary Wright visited LLNL and while he made Ai as the next Manhattan project for the national labs. I got this feeling the next project for him was to cut back many of the programs.

Gasoline out of thin air

 This company has a machine that produces gasoline out of air, using an input of electricity:

https://www.aircela.com/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/05/15/3082353/0/en/Aircela-Unveils-Machine-That-Turns-Air-into-Fossil-Free-Gasoline.html

AI demystified

 Hello blog contributors! 

First, I apologize for the post title. It suggests I am trying to demystify AI while in fact I am asking you for help in doing it.

I have used chatbots to ask far-fetched questions and to check for plagiarism, mainly.

Is anyone versed enough in AI in  both its software and hardware aspects to explain its engines, sources, challenges and applications?

Or anything else. It is a relatively new field, so no one should expect a symposium.

Thank you 

AI blackmail

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed

Luckily LANL will be an all AI lab, so no dangers there.