
New protein-folding AI predicts the structures of 1 billion proteins
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe

New protein-folding AI predicts the structures of 1 billion proteins
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe

The pope is warning about AI. Anthropic is asking religious thinkers for help
Anthropic has been consulting theologians and ethicists on Claude’s behavior, raising questions about who gets to shape a chatbot’s values


AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them
The trend of attorneys getting caught citing AI-hallucinated cases points to a broader problem: instead of checking AI’s work, people keep trusting it

This researcher made up a disease to test AI. It failed miserably
How an experiment involving a made-up skin condition exposes the risks of increasingly popular AI medical advice

OpenAI announces AI’s biggest math breakthrough yet
A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone

A third of Americans say they’ve asked AI to decode their medical results
As more people turn to chatbots for medical guidance, the technology is revealing both its promise and its risks

Mathematicians uncover ‘golden rule’ in abstract art
A mathematical ratio could explain why AI-generated art doesn’t evoke awe from viewers

Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees
Mapping their starting point like bees do helps autonomous drones find their way

Scientists make AI play Battleship to help it do science better
AI models and people played “collaborative” Battleship to test strategies for efficiently solving problems

What happens when you let AI agents run an entire start-up
Journalist Evan Ratliff explores what happens when AI agents are given real autonomy to build and run a start‑up from scratch

SpaceX’s AI pivot promises the stars. Could it cost NASA the moon?
Massive investments in AI may bring synergy and revenue to SpaceX, or could create problems for it and NASA, especially if the AI bubble pops

What is the AI compute crunch—and how will it affect chatbots?
Rate limits on Claude and other tools could hint at a deeper squeeze on the chips, power and data centers needed to run advanced AI. Researcher Lennart Heim explains