There can be no winners in a US-China AI arms race
The United States and China are entangled in what many have dubbed an “AI arms…
OpenAI has upped its lobbying efforts nearly sevenfold
OpenAI spent $1.76 million on government lobbying in 2024 and $510,000 in the last three…
In China, social media apps are changing how people buy and read books—selling more than physical bookshops do
While the Australian book market was down 3% last year, genre fiction—popular on BookTok—was among…
The Download: AI’s coding promises, and OpenAI’s longevity push
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Why it’s so hard to use AI to diagnose cancer
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Young Chinese turn to AI pets for emotional relief
At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a…
The second wave of AI coding is here
Ask people building generative AI what generative AI is good for right now—what they’re really…
Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender?
Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with…
The Download: how to save social media, and “leftover” embryos
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science
When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google…