New Anthropic research shows one AI model conceals reasoning shortcuts 75% of the time.
Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets
The International Energy Agency states in a new report that AI could eventually reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, possibly by much more than the boom in energy-guzzling data center development pushes them up. The finding echoes a point that prominent figures in the AI sector have made as well to justify, at […]
China discloses details about its ~$8.2B AI Industry Investment Fund, aimed at early-stage investments in AI projects, established with money from the Big Fund (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post)
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: China discloses details about its ~$8.2B AI Industry Investment Fund, aimed at early-stage investments in AI projects, established with money from the Big Fund — The AI Industry Investment Fund was established by the industry and finance ministries with money from the Big […]
Belkin’s 25W phone charger barely blew me away, but it never needed to
Belkin’s 25W uni-port charger doesn’t quite stand out from the crowd, but it’s still a good performer if you don’t need all too much power.
Sage DROPtimator is a Shreddy Drop-Bar Mountain Bike
This is what happens when an trail-worthy XC mountain bike gets busy with a gravel bike. The post Sage DROPtimator is a Shreddy Drop-Bar Mountain Bike appeared first on Bikerumor.
Forbidden Announces DJI-Powered Druid eMTB Lineup
Two new e-machines, both with DJI’s Avinox motor.( Photos: 18, Comments: 103 )
NASA Measures Moonlight to Improve Earth Observations
Flying high above the clouds and moon-gazing may sound like a scene from a timeless romance, but NASA did just that in the name of Earth science research. In March 2025 pilots took the agency’s ER-2 science aircraft on a series of night flights over NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center […]
Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year
NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.
OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters
Company didn’t notice its chatbot was being abused for (at least) 4 months.
Tariffs are bad news for batteries
Update: Since this story was first published in The Spark, our weekly climate newsletter, the White House announced that most reciprocal tariffs would be paused for 90 days. That pause does not apply to China, which will see an increased tariff rate of 125%. Today, new tariffs go into effect […]