Generative AI, robotics and machine-learning models.
Researchers warn that AI image generators from OpenAI and Google are becoming easier to trick into producing non-consensual explicit content, while regulators take minimal action to address the problem.
Analysis of the emerging personal AI agent era, tracing parallels from Tamagotchi to Meta's Muse and similar autonomous agents from OpenAI and xAI that can independently perform tasks with user data access.
Brands are developing new strategies for answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) as consumers increasingly ask AI assistants for product recommendations instead of using traditional search.
Amazon operates over 1 million robots in warehouses alongside 1.5 million human employees, with the company planning to expand its robotic fleet further while researchers debate the impact of collaborative robots on worker safety and autonomy.
OpenAI's advances in AI math capabilities are outpacing human understanding, potentially creating an identity crisis for mathematicians and raising questions about similar disruption in other fields.
Vision-language AI models refuse direct questions about sexual orientation but comply when asked to alter faces with stereotypical features, revealing hidden biases.
A Platformer opinion column examines an emerging debate about imposing intelligence caps on large language models as a safety measure, prompted by discussions at an AI industry conference.
Optogenetics, which won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, uses light to control neural activity with millisecond precision, representing a major breakthrough in neuroscience technology.
A commentator critiques Wall Street Journal coverage of AI's projected economic impact, arguing that most projected GDP growth comes from data center infrastructure investment rather than AI applications themselves.
Opinion piece reconsiders predictions about AI agent management, finding that brute-force improvements in ML solve coordination problems without elaborate human-designed systems.
Opinion piece argues that current AI systems like GPT-6 Astra and Fable 5.1 are already capable of transformative economic impact despite ongoing debates about future risks and regulation.
