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The GRCDI aims to develop a ground-breaking framework that paves the way to the development of empirically tractable big ideas that cut across disciplines and set the research agenda for the coming years.

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Earth Species Project (ESP) @earthspecies.bsky.social · 10d

🌍 For the first time, we asked the world what they want from AI that can decode animal communication.

The answer? 70% want to know what animals think and feel.

The world is ready to listen. Read the report for more insights: www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-th...

What the World Thinks About AI and Animal Communication: Findings from Our First Global Survey - Earth Species Project

For the first time, we asked the world what it wants from a future where AI helps us understand animal communication. Surveying 1,057 people across 67 countries, we discovered remarkable global consen...

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 10d

Upcoming funding opportunity for those looking to run interdisciplinary projects to use data science and AI approaches to tackle critical environmental challenges www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental science phase one

Secure funding to deliver new world-leading data science and AI approaches to tackle critical environmental challenges. Interdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond environmental science is encou...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 20d

Dogs extend verbal labels for functional classification of objects @currentbiology.bsky.social
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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 21d

New research from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience has revealed the brain’s built-in distance tracker, and its link to early Alzheimer's diagnosis.
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.011

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Nature @nature.com · 21d

Scientists have created the first ever viruses designed by AI, and they’re capable of hunting down and killing strains of E. coli

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World's first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 23d

David Silver of Google DeepMind thinks AIs that ‘learn by experience’ are the future of AI – but maybe not in particle colliders or nuclear arsenals. #HLF2025 ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/the-pros-a...

The pros and cons of reinforcement learning in physical science – Physics World

David Silver of Google DeepMind thinks AIs that ‘learn by experience’ are the future of AI – but maybe not in particle colliders or nuclear arsenals

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 24d

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Funding success for the Global Centre for Diverse Intelligences | University of St Andrews news

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 24d

The Cognitive Science Society is running a challenge to create a five-minute video about this year's topic “How do different minds learn language, if at all?” with a top prize of $1000.

See more details about the challenge below:

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CogSci Mind Challenge - Cognitive Science Society

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 25d

The GRCDI has been named as one of the new Global Diverse Intelligence Hubs by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. You can read more about it on our blog.

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GRCDI Selected as Global Hub for Diverse Intelligences Research by TWCF – Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 29d

Scientists pioneer ‘animal internet’ with dog phones & touchscreens for parrots.

Experiments enabled several species, from parrots & monkeys to cats & dogs, to enjoy long-distance video & audio calls.

🧪🦜😺🐶☎️ #TGIF
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Scientists pioneer ‘animal internet’ with dog phones and touchscreens for parrots

Glasgow university researcher aims to ‘fundamentally reshape how animals implement control over their environment’

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 29d

Funding opportunity for those looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence (AI) tech design.

Maximum award: £625,000
Closing date: 30 Oct 25

www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Expressions of interest: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US

AHRC and SSHRC invite expressions of interest to attend a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research sandpit looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligenc...

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Felix W. Moll @mollfw.bsky.social · Sep 11

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

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