OpenAI has unveiled its new corporate structure as the tech giant aims to fund the high costs of developing AI — and in particular, artificial general intelligence (AGI). Under the long-rumored plans, OpenAI will change its for-profit unit into a public benefit corporation (PBC), using proceeds from that division to fund the non-profit arm. The … Read more
Science doesn’t usually tolerate frivolity, but the infinite monkey theorem enjoys an exception. The question it poses is thoroughly outlandish: Could an infinite number of monkeys, each given an infinite amount of time to peck away at a typewriter (stocked with an infinite supply of paper, presumably) eventually produce, by pure chance, the complete works … Read more
Few creatures can tangle with a velvet ant and walk away unscathed. These ground-dwelling insects are not ants, but parasitic wasps known for their excruciating stings. Now researchers have discovered that the wasps don’t dole out pain the same way to all species. Different ingredients in their venom cocktail do the dirty work depending on … Read more
BBC This fictional 2025 couple, along with the man’s ‘VR headset’, featured in the Tomorrow’s World episode in 1995. In 1995, the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World programme decided to predict what the world would look like 30 years later, in 2025. The show, which is no longer broadcast, featured one of the most famous scientists of … Read more
A couple of oranges seen through the lens of multiple modalities, with each slice showing a different way one might perceive and understand this scene. Credit: EPFL, CC-BY-SA 4.0 EPFL researchers have developed 4M, a next-generation, open-sourced framework for training versatile and scalable multimodal foundation models that go beyond language. Large language models such as … Read more
Few areas of technology are moving as fast as security, so what gives and how is it going to evolve in 2025? We asked our analysts Andrew Brust, Andrew Green, Chester Conforte, Chris Ray, Howard Holton, Ivan McPhee, Stan Wisseman, and Whit Walters for their thoughts. First off – is the future of cybersecurity protection … Read more
For roboticists, one challenge towers above all others: generalization — the ability to create machines that can adapt to any environment or condition. Since the 1970s, the field has evolved from writing sophisticated programs to using deep learning, teaching robots to learn directly from human behavior. But a critical bottleneck remains: data quality. To improve, … Read more
There’s nothing unlucky about the OnePlus 13. It’s quite simply the company’s best flagship to date, pulling together an official IP rating, blistering fast charging, and flexible, capable cameras in a way that OnePlus hasn’t always managed in the past. While you might not get as many updates as you would with a Pixel or … Read more
The emerging Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sparked discussions about cutting spending and reducing the size of government to improve efficiency. But the fundamental problem hampering government software development and delivery isn’t efficiency, it’s efficacy. Cheaper and faster doesn’t matter if the product or service doesn’t do what you need. As Peter Drucker said, … Read more
In the great AI gold rush of the past couple of years, Nvidia has dominated the market for shovels—namely the chips needed to train models. But a shift in tactics by many leading AI developers presents an opening for competitors. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s call to lean into hardware for AI will go down as … Read more
