Sam Altman and the whale
My colleague Grace Huckins has a great story on OpenAI’s release of GPT-5, its long-awaited…
What you may have missed about GPT-5
Before OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, CEO Sam Altman said its capabilities made him feel…
This quantum radar could image buried objects
Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using…
The Download: a quantum radar, and chipmakers’ deal with the US government
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
GPT-5 is here. Now what?
At long last, OpenAI has released GPT-5. The new system abandons the distinction between OpenAI’s…
The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta is aiming to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems…
The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for
In the spring of 2021, climate scientists were stumped. The global economy was just emerging…
The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models
OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. These new…