The Terminator T-1000 isn’t here (yet), but scientists have built robots that can flow like liquid, solidify into tools, and even hold a human’s weight. Welcome to the next era of robotics, where machines don’t just move, they morph.
Read MoreWhat happens when AI starts writing genomes from scratch? Evo-2, the largest biological AI model ever, just did exactly that.
Read MoreMeta’s latest move is clear: fact-checkers are out, virality is in. By scrapping its U.S. fact-checking program while paying bonuses for engagement, the company is financially incentivizing misinformation. What could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreAI isn’t just assisting anymore, it’s deciding. Agentic AI is moving beyond chatbots and into real-world autonomy, running supply chains, adjusting financial trades, and even managing employees.
Read MoreAI was supposed to close the gap between the best and the rest. Instead, it’s creating an escalator for the elite, while everyone else is left scrambling for the stairs.
Read MoreGoogle’s new AI research assistant is being hyped as a game-changer for science, but so far, it hasn’t actually discovered anything new. If AI is supposed to accelerate breakthroughs, why is it just repackaging existing knowledge?
Read MoreYour AI might be smarter than you today, but give it some time and it might start forgetting things just like your grandpa.
Read MoreAI is now feasting on its own leftovers. The question is: how long before it starves?
Read MoreHalf a trillion dollars later, the AI industry is quietly admitting what some of us have suspected all along: scaling alone won’t get us to AGI. The “just add more GPUs” era is running out of steam.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers a major breakthrough in quantum computing, Musk’s AI-first government experiment, and Nokia’s lunar 4G network. From AI quietly shaping your thoughts to the enshittification of the internet, we explore the forces redefining our digital and physical world.
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