Top developers are shifting from chatbots to physical AI. Here’s why

At the heart of world model research is the idea that AI can’t be truly intelligent if it can only read a book. It also needs to read the room. [...]

Democracy has a listening problem. These AI tools could actually help

Beth Simone Noveck has spent three decades trying to make democracy work online. What she’s learned—and why this moment feels different. [...]

Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated songs from official charts

AI-generated music would also be ineligible for the prestigious Australian Record Industry Association awards. [...]

How AI inhibits our curiosity, and what to do to regain it, according to science

When answers are instantly available, prepackaged, and delivered with confidence, the motivation to explore diminishes. [...]

Girls Who Code CEO Tarika Barrett says AI skepticism can be a strength

The chief executive talks to Fast Company about the AI gender usage gap and student anxiety surrounding the tech. [...]

The FBI just dropped its 2025 internet crime report. Here are 6 big takeaways

Online crime complaints surpassed 1 million for the first time last year, driven by a spike in AI-enabled fraud, crypto scams, and phishing attacks. [...]

R&D must be on the offensive

AI is turning product development into the way companies learn, respond, and win market share. [...]

AI just changed everything about how we forecast the weather

Nvidia, Google, and a growing list of startups are using AI to make weather reports more accurate—and show the world how powerful the technology is. [...]

In this Manhattan lab, AI designs materials from scratch

Radical AI’s ‘self-driving’ lab designs and tests new alloys, speeding up a material R&D process that often takes human scientists 20 years or more. [...]