Author: Melissa Campbell

Frontier AI models from OpenAI and Google DeepMind are resolving long-standing open problems in mathematics, prompting both excitement and concern among researchers. While independent benchmarks…

Following multi-billion-dollar social media settlements that arrived years after youth mental health harms took root, lawmakers and child development experts are pushing for proactive safety…

Microsoft has terminated its agreement to back Nscale's £2 billion AI data center in Essex, England, after utility officials warned that grid power for the…

U.S. shoppers and lawmakers are pushing back as major retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing software and digital shelf labels. While retail groups say the tools streamline…

Maryland colleges and universities are largely bypassing centralized artificial intelligence mandates, allowing individual professors and departments to set their own classroom rules as student AI…

Tesla says its steering-wheel-free Cybercab fleet in Austin has grown eightfold in a month to over 300 vehicles, with Dallas slated as the next expansion…

New essays in Issues in Science and Technology and bipartisan Senate proposals highlight the urgent need to modernize 2010-era synthetic DNA screening and define clear…

Global InsurTech funding hit $2.44 billion in Q2 2026 with 99.1% going to AI firms, even as insurers struggle to price the massive property, power,…

Recent workplace studies reveal that enterprise AI adoption is shifting office workloads toward human oversight, coordination meetings, and system management rather than reducing overall duties.…