MIT has introduced a new student competition that asks a simple but high-stakes question. Can artificial intelligence shorten the design-build-test loop so engineers can deliver better results faster? The initiative,
Anthropic is warning about the risks of recursive self-improving artificial intelligence, yet it is also being pushed into the spotlight by talk of a blockbuster stock listing. Technology writer Matthew
Dimitri P. Bertsekas, an MIT professor emeritus known for shaping modern optimization and artificial intelligence, has died at age 83. His death closes a chapter for a scholar whose work
MIT has appointed Jesse Thaler as the new director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, placing a leading theorist at the helm of one of the institute’s core research units.
A new analysis argues that quantum computers could soon deliver clear gains for machine learning and related algorithms, challenging years of doubt in the field. The finding arrives as labs
Astronomers announced the discovery of a rocky exoplanet that appears to host an atmosphere and orbits within the habitable zone of its star. The finding, shared by the research team,
The story of the week is simple: the US-China AI race is accelerating, and panic is a poor plan. The uproar over China’s Kimi K3 model and a separate OpenAI
A state Justice Department is taking charge of an officer-involved shooting as local officials pledge to release the officer’s name once allowed by policy. The announcement, made by the police
Smoke from more than 100 Canadian wildfires is pushing into the United States, sending air quality sliding in multiple regions and prompting public health warnings. The cross-border haze, carried by