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The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots

The new war room is one of the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now, our list of the big ideas, trends, and advances in the field that are driving progress... Read more »

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court each day, and has broken down the first week’s key moments in her latest report. In a... Read more »

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

Start with what might be called the epistemic layer—how we come to know things. People are increasingly relying on AI to know what is true, what is happening, and whom to trust.... Read more »

Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

And then the lawyers just kept going on and on about the catastrophic risks of AI and whether Elon Musk or OpenAI was in the better position to steward AI safety. And... Read more »

Tailoring AI solutions for health care needs

AI applications for health care are proliferating rapidly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved more than 1,300 AI-enabled medical devices, mostly for interpreting diagnostic images. More than half of these... Read more »

Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models

“I texted Sam Altman, ‘What the hell is going on? This is a bait and switch,’” he told the jury. Microsoft would give $10 billion only if it expected “a very big... Read more »

Operationalizing AI for Scale and Sovereignty

About the speakers Chris Davidson, Vice President, HPC & AI Customer Solutions, HPE Chris Davidson is Vice President of HPC & AI Customer Solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He leads HPE’s global... Read more »

Cyber-Insecurity in the AI Era

About the speaker Tarique Mustafa, Cofounder, CEO, and CTO, GC Cybersecurity Tarique Mustafa is Cofounder and CEO/CTO of two AI-powered cybersecurity companies: GCCybersecurity, Inc. and its data compliance spinout, Chorology, Inc. A... Read more »

The Download: a new Christian phone network, and debugging LLMs

Since 2025, the NSF has faced budget cuts, grant terminations, and mass firings, with staff numbers down sharply and many ambitious projects grinding to a halt. The result is a major shift... Read more »

Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining

But as with any sort of new type of technology, “there’s always growing pains,” recalls Orphan. Frigid temperatures and steep topography added unseen challenges, and it took the full three weeks for... Read more »