Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as...
This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence
Executives at artificial intelligence companies may like to tell us that AGI is almost here, but the latest models still need some additional tutoring to help...
This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics
This is a non-exhaustative list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton, turtles, whales, cattle, birds, tap water,...
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
On Tuesday, US district judge Beryl Howell effectively allowed the transfer of the headquarters building of the United States Institute of Peace to the General Services...
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Trump administration, working in coordination with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and...
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
On April 1, US district judge Beryl Howell effectively allowed the transfer of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters building to the DOGE-controlled General Services...
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Release an ‘Open Weight’ AI Model This Summer
Sam Altman today revealed that OpenAI will release an open-weight artificial intelligence model in the coming months. “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight...
Amazon’s AGI Lab Reveals Its First Work: Advanced AI Agents
Amazon is still seen as a bit of a laggard in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, but it has quietly created a lab that...
Trump’s Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley
“Some of the Canadians in the group have been asking, ‘Should we relocate our office? Should we change our approach?’” Waselnuk said. “But we don’t really...
Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’
Elon Musk’s xAI is facing a potential trademark dispute over the name of its chatbot, Grok. The company’s trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark...