
Gerbrand Ceder
The University of California, Berkeley, materials scientist on the hope the next generation of scientists represents

Gerbrand Ceder
The University of California, Berkeley, materials scientist on the hope the next generation of scientists represents

Geoffrey Hinton
The machine-learning guru discusses how politics is undermining U.S. science


Fei-Fei Li
The Stanford University artificial intelligence leader on why basic science needs more support

Ayanna Howard
The noted robotics expert discusses the need for better communication to the public on the value of basic science

World Cup kicks off amid outbreak tracking as Mars mission ends and AI fights heat up
World Cup crowds spark outbreak tracking as AI tensions rise and ancient Rome’s roads get a stunning reboot

Anthropic warns AI could soon start improving itself. Critics aren’t convinced
The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors

How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk
AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease

Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads
This prototype could help the world prepare for AI malware threats, according to the researchers who made it

Trump’s new AI executive order drastically shifts the administration’s stance on the tech
This order asks artificial intelligence companies to give the U.S. government up to 30 days to assess frontier models before they are released

Mathematicians sign declaration to rein in AI use
A group of researchers have proposed rules to prevent artificial intelligence from overpowering humans in math

New protein-folding AI predicts the structures of 1 billion proteins
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe

The pope is warning about AI. Anthropic is asking religious thinkers for help
Anthropic has been consulting theologians and ethicists on Claude’s behavior, raising questions about who gets to shape a chatbot’s values