X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the al [...]

Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup positioning itself as Europe's answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech-to-text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more [...]

Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina

In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis. [...]

NASA Used AI to Drive Its Perseverance Mars Rover for the First Time

NASA used Anthropic's Claude for an experiment in plotting the rover's course, which the agency deemed successful. [...]

Museums incorporate "scent of the afterlife" into Egyptian exhibits

“Smell added an emotional and sensory depth that text labels alone could never provide.” [...]

Fundamental emerges from stealth with first major foundation model trained for tabular data

The deep learning revolution has a curious blind spot: the spreadsheet. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have mastered the nuances of human prose and image generators have conquered the digital canv [...]

This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy

Dubbed "Jetty McJetface," the tidal disruption event's energy keeps getting brighter and should peak in 2027. [...]

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 brings 1M token context and 'agent teams' to take on OpenAI's Codex

Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 4.6, a major upgrade to its flagship artificial intelligence model that the company says plans more carefully, sustains longer autonomous workflows, and outp [...]

The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow

A recent report found that carbon emissions caused by the Milano Cortina Olympics could lead to the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and millions of metric tons of glacial ice. [...]