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AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

AI Lab

AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

Will Knight

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Model Release

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Will Knight

The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger

Poop Problems

The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger

Emily Mullin and Kate Taylor

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

Internal Conflict

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

Maxwell Zeff

Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

Machine Readable

Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

Sheon Han

OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company

Safety Concerns

OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company

Maxwell Zeff

Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions

Wrong Way

Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions

Molly Taft

Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets

Export Controls

Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets

Maxwell Zeff

Meet the Battery Startup Taking on China’s Giants

Made in China

Meet the Battery Startup Taking on China’s Giants

Zeyi Yang

Meta’s Pursuit of the Careless People Author Is Relentless and Self-Defeating

Backchannel

Meta’s Pursuit of the Careless People Author Is Relentless and Self-Defeating

Steven Levy

OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down

Moving On

OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down

Maxwell Zeff

Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5

Model Behavior

Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5

Maxwell Zeff

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Chat Control’s Back

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Isabella Ward

One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel

Hide Your Nuts

One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel

Paresh Dave

Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game

World Cup 2026

Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game

Omnia Al Desoukie

I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You

AI Lab

I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You

Will Knight

Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet

He Said, She Said

Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet

Dhruv Mehrotra

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Compute And Conquer

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Joel Khalili

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

Future Departure

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

Maxwell Zeff

Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start

Failure To Launch

Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start

Joel Khalili