Young researchers have long come to the U.S. for academic training, but a combination of Chinese money and U.S. restrictions is shifting the balance.

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

The AI agent sparked a frenzy of "raising lobsters" in March, with users training the tool to suit their needs.

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

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