Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.
Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle
A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.
This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”
California Lawmakers Pass Plug-In Solar Bill
Legislatures in nearly a dozen states have voted to legalize use of the technology, which can help homeowners reduce their rising electricity costs.
Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town
Former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates said in a LinkedIn post that the company is not trying to re-create Twitter.
Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to O…
Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.