https://sahirvhora.github.io/observatory/ AI, physics and consulting. A small daily reading ritual. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:34:41 +0000 https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/impactful-scheduling https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/impactful-scheduling Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:20:29 +0000 ai https://openai.com/index/sophos https://openai.com/index/sophos Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Discover how Sophos uses OpenAI’s Daybreak to cut cyber-threat investigation time by 96% and automate… ai https://openai.com/index/asana-browser-agent https://openai.com/index/asana-browser-agent Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Using GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Asana made its browser agent 76x cheaper and 5x… ai https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-six-strategy-roles-a-ceo-must-not-delegate https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-six-strategy-roles-a-ceo-must-not-delegate Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Strategy is a team sport, but the value it creates ultimately depends on the CEO’s involvement. consulting https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/as-the-world-order-turns-leading-companies-are-keeping-pace-heres-how https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/as-the-world-order-turns-leading-companies-are-keeping-pace-heres-how Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Leading companies are tracking six emerging patterns of geopolitical change and realigning their… consulting https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/for-cpg-companies-agentic-ais-real-payoff-is-growth https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/for-cpg-companies-agentic-ais-real-payoff-is-growth Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 As the relationship between consumer-packaged-goods companies and retailers becomes more complex, agentic AI can recapture lost… consulting https://openai.com/index/oracle https://openai.com/index/oracle Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows… ai https://news.sap.com/2026/10/joule-work-sap-business-ai-platform-power-next-generation-business-ai/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/joule-work-sap-business-ai-platform-power-next-generation-business-ai/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0000 Joule Work and the SAP Business AI Platform provide… consulting https://openai.com/index/pollo-ai https://openai.com/index/pollo-ai Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images… ai https://openai.com/index/legalon-halves-codex-costs https://openai.com/index/legalon-halves-codex-costs Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and… ai https://news.sap.com/2026/10/joule-assistants-agents-advance-autonomous-scm/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/joule-assistants-agents-advance-autonomous-scm/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The next phase of supply chain AI needs to help organizations turn insights… consulting http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s126 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s126 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Sophia Chen A new device in which more than 600 atoms are manipulated within a… physics https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging. ai https://huggingface.co/blog/building-with-ml-intern https://huggingface.co/blog/building-with-ml-intern Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 ai https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/future-of-asia-podcasts/shapers-and-founders-understanding-the-owner-mindset https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/future-of-asia-podcasts/shapers-and-founders-understanding-the-owner-mindset Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Marrying Eastern philosophy and Western management culture has given many of Asia’s owner-CEOs a unique edge in growing… consulting https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/the-playbook-for-seeing-around-geopolitical-corners https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/the-playbook-for-seeing-around-geopolitical-corners Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From black swans to gray rhinos, geopolitical shocks are multiplying. Here’s the tool kit smart leaders use to… consulting https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/open-d1 https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/open-d1 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:54:33 +0000 ai https://huggingface.co/blog/tiiuae/falcon-asr https://huggingface.co/blog/tiiuae/falcon-asr Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:21:03 +0000 ai https://news.sap.com/2026/10/sap-connect-keynote-autonomous-enterprise-in-action/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/sap-connect-keynote-autonomous-enterprise-in-action/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 SAP executives led by CEO Christian Klein demonstrated the Autonomous Enterprise powered by SAP Business AI Platform. consulting https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nemotron-ioi-and-imo-2026 https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nemotron-ioi-and-imo-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:45:31 +0000 ai https://news.sap.com/2026/10/sap-accelerates-autonomous-hcm/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/sap-accelerates-autonomous-hcm/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0000 New innovations automate work and redesign workforce strategies. consulting https://openai.com/index/teens-learn-and-plan https://openai.com/index/teens-learn-and-plan Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, alongside… ai https://news.sap.com/2026/10/ai-can-act-can-your-business-follow-through/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/ai-can-act-can-your-business-follow-through/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Customer experience is ultimately defined by whether a business can follow through on customer commitments and deliver… consulting https://news.sap.com/2026/10/future-of-work-is-here/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/future-of-work-is-here/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:59:00 +0000 The question is whether we’re building the best version. consulting https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/when-compliance-workarounds-backfire/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/when-compliance-workarounds-backfire/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:04 +0000 John Holcroft/Ikon Images In 2021, Barcelona-based delivery platform Glovo was faced with a law that threatened its business model. Spain had… consulting http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.135 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.135 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Anthony Ciavarella Pairing superconducting qubits with microwave cavities could reduce the hardware requirements for quantum… physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.139 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.139 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Matteo Rini Two independent teams have built operating nuclear clocks—devices that might one day rival the… physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s123 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s123 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson When intense quantum light knocks electrons out of atoms, the statistics of the light can… physics https://news.sap.com/2026/10/beyond-2030-sap-business-suite-7-sap-netweaver-customers-third-party-databases-java/ https://news.sap.com/2026/10/beyond-2030-sap-business-suite-7-sap-netweaver-customers-third-party-databases-java/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Understand the coming changes and… consulting https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/transformation/our-insights/why-ais-easiest-wins-are-misleading-ceos https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/transformation/our-insights/why-ais-easiest-wins-are-misleading-ceos Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 consulting https://deepmind.google/blog/embeddinggemma-2-an-open-lightweight-multimodal-embedding-model/ https://deepmind.google/blog/embeddinggemma-2-an-open-lightweight-multimodal-embedding-model/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:57:04 +0000 ai https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-real-reasons-why-digital-projects-fail/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-real-reasons-why-digital-projects-fail/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:14 +0000 Danae Diaz/Ikon Images It’s a familiar scenario: An organization implements digital tools intended to improve a particular process… consulting http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.138 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.138 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Michael Schirber Neutrino astronomy and the effort to build a cubic-kilometer-sized detector at the South Pole… physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s122 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s122 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Author(s): Charles Day Researchers measured a crystal’s elastic modulus and sound attenuation to infer the properties of two superconducting states. [Physics… physics https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/using-production-rates-to-excel-at-executing-construction-projects https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/using-production-rates-to-excel-at-executing-construction-projects Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 As construction productivity stagnates, companies can stand out by employing granular, achievable rates of production to… consulting https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/rehearsal-intelligence-using-digital-twins-for-crisis-readiness/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/rehearsal-intelligence-using-digital-twins-for-crisis-readiness/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:22 +0000 Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images In July 2024, the cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike pushed a routine… consulting https://huggingface.co/blog/microsoft/thinkingbox https://huggingface.co/blog/microsoft/thinkingbox Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:56:48 +0000 ai https://huggingface.co/blog/ServiceNow-AI/autosynthdata https://huggingface.co/blog/ServiceNow-AI/autosynthdata Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:01:31 +0000 ai http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s131 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.19.s131 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Researchers use trapped atoms to imitate how particles form in a powerful electric field. A controllable laboratory system can help explore a process that is difficult to study directly. physics https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence/ https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:01:45 +0000 ai https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-synthid-bio/ https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-synthid-bio/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:03:07 +0000 DeepMind describes an early method for marking proteins created with AI while keeping their biological function. It brings the question of AI provenance into biology. ai https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/turn-energy-efficiency-into-strategic-advantage/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/turn-energy-efficiency-into-strategic-advantage/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:08 +0000 Grundini/Ikon Images The Research The authors interviewed 39 executives representing 10 countries and multiple industries and hosted an online… consulting https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-outcompete-your-clients-ai/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-outcompete-your-clients-ai/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00:55 +0000 Andy Carter/Ikon Images The in-house lawyers at real estate investment firm Alturas Capital Partners used to rely on outside… consulting https://news.mit.edu/2026/probing-fundamental-laws-of-universe-faith-reyes-0925 https://news.mit.edu/2026/probing-fundamental-laws-of-universe-faith-reyes-0925 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000 MIT profiles a doctoral researcher working on an international neutrino experiment. It offers a human entry point into the patient experimental work behind fundamental physics. physics https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-38-live-with-live-avatar/ https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-38-live-with-live-avatar/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:20:39 +0000 ai https://deepmind.google/blog/advancing-private-ai-compute-with-secure-server-side-memory/ https://deepmind.google/blog/advancing-private-ai-compute-with-secure-server-side-memory/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:00:57 +0000 Introducing private, server-side memory to Private AI Compute for personal AI. ai https://deepmind.google/blog/say-hello-to-gemini-38-text-to-speech/ https://deepmind.google/blog/say-hello-to-gemini-38-text-to-speech/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:25:14 +0000 ai https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-design-thinking-needs-a-responsibility-reboot/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-design-thinking-needs-a-responsibility-reboot/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:47 +0000 Marie Montocchio/Ikon Images For years, social media companies have come under fire for promoting divisive, false, and dangerous… consulting https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/five-urgent-priorities-for-cmos-in-2027/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/five-urgent-priorities-for-cmos-in-2027/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0000 Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images In an unpredictable economy and fractured media landscape, marketing leaders are navigating a period… consulting https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-artist-residency-program-expands-views-cosmos-0916 https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-artist-residency-program-expands-views-cosmos-0916 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000 Inaugural artist Amy Karle will join astrophysicists at MIT’s Kavli Institute to explore questions… physics https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking/ https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:05:57 +0000 ai https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-research-shows-neutrino-laser-impossible-0902 https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-research-shows-neutrino-laser-impossible-0902 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Due to physical and fundamental limitations, an earlier proposal for producing laserlike beams of neutrinos cannot be… physics https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-quantum-initiative-launches-postdoctoral-fellowship-0831 https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-quantum-initiative-launches-postdoctoral-fellowship-0831 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000 The Institute welcomes its first cohort of QMIT Fellows this fall to advance interdisciplinary quantum research. physics https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-discover-brand-new-type-astrophysical-object-black-hole-star-0812 https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-discover-brand-new-type-astrophysical-object-black-hole-star-0812 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been… physics