Mathematicians and Google's DeepMind researchers have utilized AI to find large collections of objects that lack specific patterns, assisting in understanding potential catastrophic failures like internet severing due to server outages. Their approach employs large language models to iteratively generate and refine set-free collections, facilitating the study of worst-case scenarios. This research reflects the combined power of AI and human ingenuity in tackling complex problems.

A group of researchers have collaborated with scientists at Google's DeepMind AI lab to build a biomechanically realistic digital model of a rat. They trained an artificial neural network to control a virtual body in a physics simulator using high-resolution data recorded from real rats. This resulted in a virtual rat with an artificial brain that can move around virtual environments like a real rodent. The research could provide convenient and fully transparent models for studying neural circuits and see how such circuits are compromised in disease.