Why US federal health agencies are abandoning mRNA vaccines
This time five years ago, we were in the throes of the covid-19 pandemic. By…
Indigenous knowledge meets artificial intelligence
There is no word for art in most Native American languages. Instead, the closest terms…
Losing GPT-4o sent some people into mourning. That was predictable.
June had no idea that GPT-5 was coming. The Norwegian student was enjoying a late-night…
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a…
The US could really use an affordable electric truck
On Monday, Ford announced plans for an affordable electric truck with a 2027 delivery date…
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Download: meet the judges using AI, and GPT-5’s health promises
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
In 1940, a fresh-faced Ronald Reagan starred as US Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in…
The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Meet the early-adopter judges using AI
The propensity for AI systems to make mistakes and for humans to miss those mistakes…