Researchers baked 3x inference speedups directly into LLM weights — without speculative decoding

As agentic AI workflows multiply the cost and latency of long reasoning chains, a team from the University of Maryland, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Columbia University and TogetherAI has found a [...]

Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

"It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth." [...]

DeepMind’s robotic ballet: An AI for coordinating manufacturing robots

An AI figures out how robots can get jobs done without getting in each other's way. [...]

Elon Musk’s Grok is cleared for federal government use

Despite Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s very public spats and seemingly still ongoing feud, the White House has remained committed to supporting the former’s AI ambitions. And today, the General Serv [...]

The Government Just Released a Batch of UFO Files: Where Are the Aliens?

The Department of War just dumped a huge batch of UFO files, but does it have proof of aliens? Here's what we make of it. [...]

Quadrantids Is a Short but Sweet Meteor Shower Just After New Year's. How to See It

This meteor shower has one of the most active peaks, but it doesn't last for very long. [...]

The best 2025 advent calendars: Our favorites from Lego, Pokémon, Funko Pop, Magna-Tiles and more

Why settle for tiny pieces of chocolate when you could unwrap a Pokémon card, a Funko Pop or a Star Wars LEGO ship instead? Advent calendars have gone full geek mode, with options for fans of movies, [...]

'Project Hail Mary' Creator Andy Weir Just Taught Me a Surprising Thing About Sci-Fi

I spoke with Andy Weir about the adaptation of his hit novel, Project Hail Mary. Our conversation quickly turned into a mind-blowing lesson about science fiction. [...]

Fiji’s ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse

A new genetic technique lets museum samples track population dynamics. [...]