AI roadmap, if anyone is willing to listen.
The U.S. government’s break with Anthropic revealed that there are no consistent rules governing artificial intelligence, but a bipartisan coalition of thinkers has put together something the government has so far refused to create: a framework for what responsible AI development should actually look like. Although the pro-human declaration was finalized before last week’s standoff […]
$40 smartphone push gains momentum but still faces cost hurdles
Efforts by a coalition of carriers, device makers and industry groups to bring $40 smartphones to market – a price point considered key to reaching tens of millions of people online – are gaining momentum, but questions remain about whether manufacturers will be able to produce such ultra-low-cost devices at scale. At the Mobile World […]
Grammarly’s “Expert Reviews” Just Lacking Actual Experts
Grammarly’s latest additions aim to improve your writing with the help of some of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers, as well as some technology journalists. Launched in August 2025 as part of a broader set of AI-powered features, Expert Review appears in the sidebar of Grammarly’s main writing assistant, allowing users to suggest revisions […]
Caitlin Kalinowski, head of OpenAI’s robotics division, resigns following agreement with Department of Defense
Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that she is stepping down from leading OpenAI’s robotics team in response to OpenAI’s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense. “This was not an easy decision,” Kalinowski said in a social media post. “AI plays an important role in national security, but surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight […]
PopSockets founder David Barnett talks building a viral business
David Barnett has learned a lot since he first launched PopSockets over a decade ago. The story goes that the former philosophy professor was looking for an easier way to hold headphones and went on to create one of the most talked about phone accessories of all time. It’s a device that can be gripped […]
Huge 3D map of the universe shows a glowing ‘ocean of light’ near cosmic dawn
Astronomers have created one of the most accurate and comprehensive maps of the universe ever created, revealing a glorious “ocean of light” that permeated the early universe. Unlike other universal maps, this 3D representation consists of light emitted by a single element. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, and when […]
OpenAI Codex Security scans 1.2 million commits and finds 10,561 high-severity issues
Rabi LakshmananMarch 7, 2026DevSecOps / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI on Friday began deploying Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent designed to discover, verify, and suggest fixes for vulnerabilities. This feature is available as a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via Codex Web and will be available for free next […]
‘It could completely revolutionize the treatment of depression’: Researchers explore promising immunotherapy to treat psychiatric symptoms
I was really surprised. When psychiatrist Dr. James Murrow teamed up with dermatologist Dr. Emma Gutman-Yaskey to investigate how the immune system contributes to depression, he didn’t expect to find a promising treatment. In a study published in February in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, Murrow, Guttmann-Yassky and colleagues uncovered similarities in the immune systems of […]
‘Warming trends have almost doubled since 2014’: The rate of global warming has accelerated more than ever in the past decade
The rate of global warming has accelerated since 2015, faster than in any decade since records began in 1880, according to a new study that filters out the background “noise” of natural change. But not everyone agrees with the paper’s findings. In the study, published Friday (March 6) in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers […]
How Anthropic’s safety-first ethos collided with the Department of Defense
On February 5th, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, its most powerful artificial intelligence model. New features of this model include the ability to coordinate teams of autonomous agents (multiple AIs that divide work and complete it in parallel). Twelve days after the release of Opus 4.6, the company released Sonnet 4.6, a cheaper model that […]