Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it

Citations S.L. Winkler et al. Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter. Scientific Reports. Published online June 26, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02594-8. X.J. Nelson et al. Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non-human animals. Biological Reviews. Vol. 98, May 1, 2023, p. 1548. doi: 10.1111/brv.12965. Ľ. Košťál ,…

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The TikTok deal is done, finally

TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s mandate is to secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm through comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity measures. It will safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem through robust trust and safety policies and content moderation while ensuring continuous accountability through transparency reporting and third-party certifications. Data Protection: U.S. user data will be…

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Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant

22 January 2026 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant The 26-year-old Olympic 400m hurdles champion and her 30-year-old husband, former NFL star Andre Levrone Jr., announced that they are expecting their first child together, via a sweet joint Instagram carousel on Thursday (22.01.26). The caption for the post – which included shots of…

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MemRL outperforms RAG on complex agent benchmarks without fine-tuning

A new technique developed by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other institutions enables large language model agents to learn new skills without the need for expensive fine-tuning. The researchers propose MemRL, a framework that gives agents the ability to develop episodic memory, the capacity to retrieve past experiences to create solutions for unseen…

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