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A project called Cajal is drawing attention in AI circles — it's a local language model that claims to write peer-reviewed research papers, complete with simulated peer review built in. The idea of automating academic publishing raises real questions about what peer review is actually for, and whether the process holds meaning when the reviewer is also a machine.
On a more urgent note, a security researcher is predicting that quantum computers will crack RSA two thousand forty eight encryption by February two thousand thirty two. That is less than six years away, and RSA underpins a staggering amount of the internet's security infrastructure. Governments and enterprises have been warned for years to begin migrating to post-quantum cryptography, but progress has been slow, and a hard deadline — even a predicted one — has a way of concentrating minds.
And rounding out today's stories, Tech Radar is covering how viewers can stream the World Snooker Championship two thousand twenty six final between Murphy and Wu for free from anywhere in the world. It is a reminder that sports streaming rights and the tools people use to navigate them have become a genuine beat for technology journalism.
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