Published in Science as Culture (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2026)

OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’

In late July, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), released Science—A Golden Age, setting forth a strategy to revitalize US research and innova...

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

US president’s Big Tech boosterism is alienating once-loyal supporters just weeks ahead of the midterms

Job #AJO32805, Postdoctoral Associate, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.

Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.

Stranded in six-lane traffic, surrounded by agents, my autonomous vehicle refused to budge

There’s a scene in the movie Oppenheimer in which the protagonist is trying to explain to General Groves, his military overseer, the hazards of their endeavor. Groves asks Oppenheimer, “Are you saying...

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UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here’s how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.

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US president has resisted calls for regulation but said he would appoint a ‘tsar’ to monitor for ‘bad’ behaviour

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

At the beginning of the week (14 September 2026), I woke up to a collision of two AI discourses, one where President Donald Trump wants to win the AI race and another where Dario Amodei, the head o…

US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity