Technology

A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks. The fund is called Zero Shot (a...

On day six of its mission, Artemis II is closing in on the far side of the moon. Meanwhile, the historic journey has not been without fascinating and curious stories, from the images and videos that its four crew...

Interest is growing in using the brain’s waste-disposal system to delay or ease Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a new technique...

We have all been there. A delayed text reply suddenly means something is wrong. A neutral comment feels oddly critical. A small situation spirals into a full-blown worst-case scenario in seconds. That mental shortcut, where the brain jumps straight...

A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the United States would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.In a social media post on Friday, Representative...

AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service.Take Microsoft, which is currently focused on getting corporate customers to pay for...

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain productivity, companies are increasingly deploying AI-powered robots across factories,...

Building the next generation of robots for successful integration into our homes, offices, and factories is more than just solving the hardware and software problems – we also need to understand how they will be perceived and how they...

Loneliness has quietly become one of the biggest modern problems, and now, AI is stepping in as an unlikely companion. A new study led by Aalto University, set to be presented at CHI 2026, explores how AI companions impact...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes...