Compute AI’s power problem is also a scheduling problem NVIDIA reports more AI output within a fixed power budget. The important distinction is between using capacity better and postponing work. Compute 16 Sep 2026 2 min read
AI AI can propose new materials. The lab decides what works. MatBrain narrowed 30,000 proposed structures to 38 candidates in 48 hours. Human researchers chose what to test. The useful question is how much work that shortlist saves. AI 14 Sep 2026 3 min read
Quantum Quantum computing needs a better test than qubit count A bigger quantum computer can still fail at the calculation that matters. QUOPS and CUDA-Q Logical offer clearer ways to judge what a machine can do. Quantum 14 Sep 2026 3 min read
Biotech A brain implant decodes words and gestures at once Two people with paralysis used brain signals to display words and animate an avatar’s gestures. The experiment opens a bigger question: how much control does the person have over what the screen expresses? Biotech 14 Sep 2026 3 min read
AI Trump Wants to Win AI. Who Gets to Set the Speed? Trump rejects the AI slowdown as China challenges its terms. Behind the clash lies a harder question: who controls a race that may begin accelerating itself? AI 14 Sep 2026 8 min read
Biotech The cancer drug designed to let go Gotistobart's new lung-cancer data are striking. Its real test is whether molecular precision can produce a repeatable survival benefit. Biotech 14 Sep 2026 5 min read
Robotics One video can teach a robot. The whole shift is another matter. Skild and Generalist are making robots faster to teach. Their results reveal why learning a task and delivering reliable work are different engineering problems. Robotics 14 Sep 2026 5 min read
AI AI Is Helping Build Its Successors. Who Controls the Loop? AI is helping build the next AI. Inside the evidence for recursive self-improvement—and the fight over who gets to steer what happens next. AI 13 Sep 2026 9 min read
AI “Gambling With Our Lives”: Anthropic’s Safety Promise Under Fire Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic over the AI race. A colleague echoed his warning; Dario Amodei now proposes slower progress and independent scrutiny. AI 13 Sep 2026 6 min read
Robotics Musk Took Away the Steering Wheel. Now Comes the Trust Test. Two seats. No steering wheel. As Cybercab reaches paying passengers, Elon Musk’s boldest design choice puts the entire service on trial. Robotics 8 Sep 2026 4 min read
AI Fei-Fei Li’s AI Fills in the World. What Did It Invent? The ImageNet pioneer is building AI that can imagine spaces beyond a photograph. Knowing what it invented may be the crucial next step. AI 8 Sep 2026 3 min read
Quantum Alain Aspect Changed Physics. Now His Quantum Company Must Prove Useful. A Nobel laureate, fresh capital and a protein experiment: Pasqal’s next test is turning extraordinary physics into work that matters. Quantum 8 Sep 2026 4 min read
