Ruhr University Bochum

That is what they're reporting, Alex.

Researchers from the Future Impact Group, Ruhr University, Bochum, and Reciprocal Research claim to have identified a pain axis in AI systems.

Their study is titled The Pain Axis, LLMs Represent Self-Directed Harm and Act to Relieve It.

It showed that all 25 open weight systems tested responded to pain activation.

I don't want you to just blow past that and go, okay, that's fine.

There's a 2018 study from Ruhr University Bochum found that chronic procrastinators have immeasurably larger amygdala, not more active, physically larger.

Procrastination isn't laziness.

It's a neurological battle between your limbic system, which craves immediate dopamine rewards, and your prefrontal cortex, which handles planning and discipline.

First up, a genuine speed record.

Sparrow Quantum, working with Ruhr University Bochum, built a source that fires single photons, the individual particles of light some quantum computers and quantum networks use to carry information at one gigahertz, delivering more than five hundred million usable photons per second into a single optical fiber.

That's the highest single photon flux reported to date.

And here's why the number matters beyond bragging rights.

He has taught at universities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

He is currently involved in a research project at the University of Bochum on anti-Western and anti-modern thought in Russia.

The Perennial Conspiracy Theory Reflections on the History of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is available in English.

And with that, I wish to invite Michael to the podium for his talk.