AI’s Role in Shaping the Universe and New EU Regulations

Explore how AI is revolutionizing fundamental physics and potentially revealing the universe's fate, as discussed by CERN's Prof. Mark Thomson. Delve into the EU's groundbreaking AI Act, which bans systems with 'unacceptable risk,' reshaping AI deployment across Europe. Discover the innovative Critique Fine-Tuning method enhancing AI reasoning, and OpenAI's Deep Research tool transforming professional investigations. This episode offers a comprehensive look at AI's transformative impact on science, regulation, and professional research.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/03/ai-to-revolutionise-fundamental-physics-and-could-show-how-universe-will-end
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/ai-systems-with-unacceptable-risk-are-now-banned-in-the-eu/
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/02/02/researchers-from-university-of-waterloo-and-cmu-introduce-critique-fine-tuning-cft-a-novel-ai-approach-for-enhancing-llm-reasoning-with-structured-critique-learning/
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/02/02/openai-introduces-deep-research-an-ai-agent-that-uses-reasoning-to-synthesize-large-amounts-of-online-information-and-complete-multi-step-research-tasks/

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:44) AI to revolutionise fundamental physics and ‘could show how universe will end’
(00:03:43) AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU
(00:07:01) Researchers from University of Waterloo and CMU Introduce Critique Fine-Tuning (CFT): A Novel AI Approach for Enhancing LLM Reasoning with Structured Critique Learning
(00:09:57) OpenAI Introduces Deep Research: An AI Agent that Uses Reasoning to Synthesize Large Amounts of Online Information and Complete Multi-Step Research Tasks