Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway, practicing “base recovery” protocol after...
The AI Hype Index: Falling in love with chatbots, understanding babies, and the Pentagon’s “kill list”
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of...
Trump Media, Rumble can ignore Brazilian order they deem censorship for now: US judge
A US judge on Tuesday sided for now with President Donald Trump’s media company in a dispute over whether a top Brazilian judge illegally censored right-wing voices on social media in the United States. In...
The Humane Ai Pin Will Become E-Waste Next Week
The story of the infamous Humane Ai Pin is coming to an end. This week, the company announced that HP—known for its computers and printers that always seem to need...
AI system predicts protein fragments that can bind to or inhibit a target
All biological function is dependent on how different proteins interact with each other. Protein-protein interactions facilitate everything from transcribing DNA and controlling cell division to higher-level functions in complex organisms....
Inside China’s electric-vehicle-to-humanoid-robot pivot
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. While DOGE’s efforts to shutter federal agencies...
Broadcom, TSMC eye deals that would split storied chipmaker Intel: report
Intel rivals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Broadcom are each eyeing potential deals that would break the US chipmaking icon in two, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing people...
ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control of a number of federal computer...
Creating a common language
A lot has changed in the 15 years since Kaiming He was a PhD student. “When you are in your PhD stage, there is a high wall between different disciplines...
