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Artificial intelligence has become both a transformative technology and a deeply contested idea. Broadly, AI refers to technologies that enable computers to perform tasks commonly associated with huma

The piece argues that recent AI headlines have been driven more by corporate marketing than by verified technological breakthroughs. It cites Anthropic and OpenAI claims about models discovering softw

The article examines the growing but unsettled debate over whether AI systems, especially “large reasoning models” (LRMs), truly reason or merely appear to do so. Recent years have produced striking s

AI expert Daniel Kokotajlo, a former employee at OpenAI, initially predicted that unchecked AI development would lead to humanity's demise by April 2027. This forecast was outlined in a 2025 document

A team of engineers from New York University has developed innovative "toothless liquid gears" capable of rotating independently through controlled liquid flow, eliminating the need for traditional ge

Experts, including AI researchers and activists, warn that the emergence of "AI bot swarms" poses a significant threat to democracy, particularly in the context of social media manipulation. A recent

A 26-storey pig farm in Ezhou, Hubei province, China, is set to become the world's largest, with a capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs annually. Operated by Hubei Zhongxin Kaiwei Modern Farming, th

In "The Anxious Generation," Jonathan Haidt posits that social media is rewiring children's brains and contributing to a mental health crisis among teenagers. However, this assertion lacks substantial