Doomers and boosters: Who's who in the AI wars
The furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps—and a cautious middle.
Sep 15, 2026
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Domain-informed AI could help electricity grids plan for rising demand and changing climate
Artificial intelligence has become a major new pressure on the electricity grid at the same time as it is emerging as one of the most promising tools for making that grid resilient, according to a new publication by United ...
Sep 7, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
French AI firm Mistral valued at 21 billion euros after latest funding
Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the French AI firm at more than 21 billion euros.
Sep 8, 2026
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Alarm over AI grows as divided U.S. Congress struggles to act
The U.S. Congress returned from recess Monday facing urgent warnings that artificial intelligence could spin dangerously out of control—and little agreement over whether, or how, Washington should intervene.
Sep 14, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Seeing the unseen, coloring anime: How AI and physics are shaping the future of imaging, Q&A
Cameras have long been regarded as tools for capturing what the human eye can see. But that assumption may soon be challenged.
Sep 28, 2026
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Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?
Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov was recently awarded the Gauss Prize for outstanding mathematical contributions and his "groundbreaking work" on optimization. The award cited his work on gradient descent methods—and ...
Sep 14, 2026
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ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow
OpenAI on Tuesday launched a less expensive artificial intelligence (AI) model and tools that run continuously, as it aims to reposition ChatGPT as an app store for AI.
Sep 30, 2026
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No, AI systems don't have a drive to survive—developmental psychologist explains why it only looks that way
In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math problems. Partway through the exercise, the instructors warned the bots that if they tried to solve the ...
Sep 15, 2026
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AI is creating jobs as well as erasing them—but how rewarding are they?
Don't believe the hype about AI taking over all forms of work. Most of the evidence to date suggests large-scale job losses are limited. But what is changing is the way work is organized.
Sep 25, 2026
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Security
Nvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work?
Nvidia says a security platform for artificial intelligence that it announced on Monday can help stop autonomous AI agents from misbehaving.
Sep 29, 2026
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