The Trump administration is accused of coercing the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—the world’s top public funder of biomedical research—into cancelling numerous active research grants, likely driven by political reasons. The terminations reportedly appear random, with no consistent criteria or protocols. Initial cancellations targeted grants involving transgender participants and a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) component, or funding projects in China, with new rounds targeting vaccine hesitancy and vaccine uptake.
DeepSeek-R1 Can Almost Generate Malware
Researchers have used the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model DeepSeek-R1 to help develop keylogging and ransomware with evasion capabilities. While the AI model can
