These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts

Study shows how patterns in LLM training data can lead to "parahuman" responses. [...]

OpenAI is hiring 'AI-pilled' academics to build a scientific discovery accelerator

Here's what we know about OpenAI's proposed science platform and GPT-5's role in it. [...]

Meta returns to open source with Muse Glimmer, an Apache 2.0 licensed 30B parameter AI model optimized for agents — available now

Meta today released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model designed to run autonomous AI agents directly on consumer hardware — pushing agentic workloads that normally depend on clou [...]

Astroport and Vermeer want to bring heavy construction equipment to the Moon

Astroport Space Technologies and Vermeer Corporation have announced a collaboration to adapt industrial surface mining equipment for autonomous lunar construction, a partnership that both companies fr [...]

Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. [...]

Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding

Judge rules Trump admin broke law, and says Supreme Court has been "unhelpful." [...]

Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’

Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines. [...]

A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why

Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations. [...]

Fall Equinox Is Coming: What to Know and What It Looks Like

Later this month, you could experience an equinox sunrise if you're up early enough. The autumnal equinox heralds the arrival of fall in the northern hemisphere. [...]