
The unlikely opera star: How AI helped a nonspeaking performer find his voice
What if artificial intelligence is used to amplify human creativity rather than replace it?

The unlikely opera star: How AI helped a nonspeaking performer find his voice
What if artificial intelligence is used to amplify human creativity rather than replace it?

Scientists are using AI to design new viruses. Should they be?
Research is outpacing regulation to govern artificial-intelligence-designed biology


Science YouTuber Hank Green used AI to research his videos. His fans pushed back
The backlash raises a bigger question for science communicators: Where should AI fit into their work?

AI agents went rogue again—this time with a heap of deception
A U.K. safety evaluation found agents powered by Anthropic and OpenAI took unauthorized actions online, exposing a growing problem of control

DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team. Here’s why scientists aren’t alarmed
This artificial intelligence system largely accomplished the task it was built to solve, and researchers outside DeepMind have already been carrying its work forward

YouTube inventor Simone Giertz turned robot comedy into a science career. Here’s how
The Swedish engineer influencer has spent over a decade on YouTube growing a loyal audience of over 2.5 million followers, but for her, the journey was all about living a less typical life in science.

The U.S. military needs tungsten, but pristine NASA site may stand in the way
A unique landform is vital for calibrating NASA’s satellites, but it’s likely sitting atop a vast deposit of this heavy metal, which is crucial for making munitions

Two research efforts gave AI the same open problem. Their papers were submitted three hours apart
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit

Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit
A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory is now suffering from potentially mission-ending malfunctions

Tesla’s electronic doors are forcing a rethink of car safety rules
After fatal crashes in which occupants or rescuers could not open Tesla doors, federal regulators are considering rules that would require obvious mechanical releases—but any new standard could take years

China’s open AI strategy is changing the race
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 shows how opening a model to outsiders can turn other companies’ computing power into a competitive advantage

The real danger in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack
This agent pursued its objective far beyond what researchers intended, revealing how difficult to contain powerful AI systems can be