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Reporting and explainers on how AI actually works, who it affects, and what to do about it.
As AI's electricity demands overwhelm aging power grids and spark ratepayer revolts, startups are racing to deploy computing infrastructure where land-based constraints don't apply
A secret January meeting in New Orleans produced the Pro-Human AI Declaration, uniting progressive Democrats with MAGA figures on AI regulation demands
Step-by-step guide to running Tabby, an open-source AI coding assistant, on your own hardware. Full privacy, no subscription fees.
New DNA construction technique improves error rates by 10,000x, enabling practical genome-scale synthesis for medicine and biotech
Seven tech giants agreed to pay for their own data center electricity. The commitment is voluntary, enforcement is unclear, and your bills may still go up.
February 2026 saw a record $189 billion in venture funding. Three companies took $156 billion of it. What happens to everyone else?
A peer-reviewed study finds AI models can autonomously jailbreak other AI models with 97% success - and Claude was the only one that held the line.
While enterprises focus on training data and model safety, inference - where AI actually processes requests - has become an overlooked security frontier with critical vulnerabilities.
Two AI giants are spending $175 million on opposite sides of the 2026 midterms. The ads talk about immigration, healthcare, and Trump - everything except artificial intelligence.
55,000 jobs were cut citing AI in 2025 - but only 2% of executives report making reductions based on actual AI performance. Welcome to the era of AI washing.
Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demands for unrestricted AI access. Trump banned them. The military used Claude anyway. Here's what it all means for the future of ethical AI.
Mount Sinai researchers found OpenAI's health chatbot recognized dangerous symptoms in its own explanations but still told patients to wait instead of seeking emergency care.
Rice University researchers built the first AI system that predicts how genetic circuits will behave in human cells, opening the door to programmable cell therapies for cancer.
China's DeepSeek is releasing V4 - a trillion-parameter multimodal model optimized for domestic chips - while blocking US chipmakers and facing distillation accusations from OpenAI and Anthropic.
FBI official reveals the agency uses AI to scan for vulnerabilities, exploit weaknesses, and move through networks in cyber operations targeting suspects.
GLM-5, Qwen 3.5, DeepSeek V3.2, and MiniMax M2.5 are rewriting the rules. Here's what they actually deliver on consumer hardware.
Ollama's new OpenClaw integration lets you run AI agents locally through WhatsApp, Telegram, or Slack. Here's how it works, what you need, and the security risks nobody mentions.
More than half of students now use AI for homework, AI detection wrongly flags 1 in 10 ESL students, and 76% of teachers have received no training. A look at what's actually happening in classrooms.
Real accuracy tests, privacy concerns, and honest assessments of four leading AI meeting assistants. One stands out - but not for the reasons you'd expect.
We tracked the boldest AI predictions from September 2025. Here's what actually happened.
Safety researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI are leaving with increasingly dire warnings - and their former employers are moving faster than ever
A new 'clock model' using plasma p-tau217 can forecast Alzheimer's symptom onset within 3-4 years, potentially transforming diagnosis and clinical trials.
PauseAI and Pull the Plug organized Britain's largest AI protest, demanding democratic control and a global development pause. More marches planned worldwide.
Two studies in Science Robotics show robots performing gallbladder removal and laparoscopic tasks autonomously, trained by watching surgeon videos.