DeepMind and the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy trained an AI to control plasma in a tokamak reactor, sustaining stable fusion for 6 minutes—a record for magnetic confinement. Technical Insight: Reinforcement learning algorithms adjusted magnetic coils in real time to counteract…

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder used AI to engineer self-healing concrete embedded with photosynthetic bacteria. The AI optimized the bacteria’s nutrient pathways and material porosity, enabling the concrete to repair cracks autonomously. Technical Insight: A generative adversarial network (GAN) simulated…