SpaceX’s AI pivot promises the stars. Could it cost NASA the moon?
Massive investments in AI may bring synergy and revenue to SpaceX, or could create problems for it and NASA, especially if the AI bubble pops
What is the AI compute crunch—and how will it affect chatbots?
Rate limits on Claude and other tools could hint at a deeper squeeze on the chips, power and data centers needed to run advanced AI. Researcher Lennart Heim explains
An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI
A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses
A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder
A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t
NSF awards record number of coveted Ph.D. fellowships in surprise move
Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after this U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half
Did AI just solve the mystery of one of El Greco’s most enigmatic paintings?
For years, art historians believed The Baptism of Christ was likely painted by El Greco with assistance from other artists. But new research suggests otherwise
What is Mythos, Anthropic’s unreleased AI model, and how worried should we be?
The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims