Mark Chen on what the firm is doing to make its models safe, how a slowdown would work, and why the world is better off with OpenAI in it.

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions―and they were accused of fraud.

AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.

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Does an AI-filled future seem like promise or peril to today’s teens and tweens? We went right to the source.

Does an AI-filled future seem like promise or peril to today’s teens and tweens? We went right to the source.

AI is everywhere, all at once. How does that make you feel?

A new technique has let the company probe deeper than ever into the weird workings of an LLM.

As payouts from the AI boom soar, a job at SK Hynix can put you at the front of the matchmakers’ queue.

It might mean the eyes could still see when transplanted into the recipient, say the scientists behind the work.

Chatbots are far more predictable in their responses than you might expect. That's fine for research or coding, but it's a problem if you're looking for something new.

Norway’s Rogfast is an exceptional engineering feat, opening a route for drivers deep below the North Sea. We went down to see it.

Researchers are decoding how signals move between body and brain, with implications for how we understand and treat conditions from obesity to anxiety.

Dozens of athletes on performance-enhancing drugs competed in the Enhanced Games. Organizers hope it'll sell a lot of peptides and other supplements.

After three weeks of dueling testimony, the jury decided Musk had sued the AI giant too late.

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.

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Adult content creators are having their performances used without consent. This is just one way that AI now threatens their rights and livelihoods.

“It's making me dumber for sure.”

Elon Musk says he’s suing to save the company’s mission. The case could have huge consequences for OpenAI and the AI race.

MIT Technology Review's authoritative overview of the 10 technologies, emerging trends, bold ideas, and powerful movements in AI in 2026.

We have a new list of noteworthy AI trends and advances—and we’re excited to share it with you.

Need a backup body? We uncovered a radical proposal for “full body replacement.”

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist Jakub Pachocki about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI.

AI-enabled dashboards, combined with prediction markets and fake imagery, are reshaping how war is observed.

Browse events, build your schedule, and get personalized recommendations for the 2026 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 12–18, 2026 in Austin, TX.

Browse events, build your schedule, and get personalized recommendations for the 2026 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 12–18, 2026 in Austin, TX.

But researchers aren’t as confident as the company.

The Mars Sample Return mission got off to a promising start, hunting for potentially humanity-changing space rocks. How did it fall off the rails?

Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement’s nightmare scenario. A big one just came ashore.

A new wave of theft is rocking the luxury car industry—mixing high-tech with old-school chop-shop techniques to snag vehicles while they’re in transport.

Experts have made progress in LLM security. But some doubt AI assistants are ready for prime time.

The viral social network for bots reveals as much about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.

The viral social network for bots reveals as much about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.

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They argue we need a revolution—and more and more influential scientists, funders, and politicians are taking them seriously.