A new system sends faint electrical pulses through tissue instead of over Bluetooth. In rats, it made the animals flex one of their hind legs on cue when one of their front paws moved

An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not ...

Amid renewed calls to slow frontier AI, experts are considering what an emergency stop would entail—and who would decide when to use it

New tool could help researchers probe how models “unlearn” sensitive training material

With the recent upheavals in science and its place in society, many are throwing in their own thoughts as to the causes and demands this moment faces. Many worry that science and the public are too fa...

A new tool expands the ways people can prove they’ve solved a problem without revealing the solution

Opinion | It’s getting harder for scientists from around the world to work together. Researchers must find ways to adapt.

In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s hea...

James Zou used virtual AI ‘scientists’ to find novel covid-19 treatments. Now, he’s having AI review and present all of the research at a controversial new conference.

Anthropic, Google, and others are developing better ways for agents to interact with our programs and each other, but there’s still more work to be done.