Science Policy, Ethics & Society

45+ min ago   (364+ words) Google's family-friendly Creative Collective upgrade and Meta's autonomous Muse assistant signal that the consumer AI agent race is officially on Google / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Two of the most valuable companies on the planet just launched consumer AI agents within…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (464+ words) In 2026, as GPT-5.4 Pro generates proofs for difficult problems one after another, the question "Will mathematicians be replaced by AI?" is spreading. However, the exact opposite discussion is taking place among mathematicians. The essence of mathematics is not 'proof,' but…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (140+ words) Sally Wentworth notes that technologies spread and develop faster when the infrastructure they rely on is open. AI Is Only as Trustworthy as the Internet Trust in technology is eroding at the very moment AI is putting more power in…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (185+ words) Donald Trump says smart leadership will fix everything. Experts pinpoint several things that are misguided about that statement....

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (202+ words) Reality Check is a simple game where you get 10 seconds per image, 60 seconds total, to identify which images are AI and which are real—it’s not easy. I went on pure gut instinct and only got 18 of 26 right. (Also: The…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (140+ words) Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media) It was another big week for AI in the news, after weeks that saw sensational stories of AI “agents” going rogue and one senior figure – not the first – quitting the frontier…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (302+ words) CapyToolkit gathers 45+ free browser utilities: hardware diagnostics, developer parsers, security scrubbers, audio tests, calculators, network references, and personal tools for photos, PDFs, and receipts. Each tool page pairs the utility with example-driven reference content. What CapyToolkit is CapyToolkit is a…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1310+ words) Ethereum has set a December 2029 target for a quantum-resistant Layer 1 while moving Frame Transactions toward Hegotá and developing execution proofs, privacy tools and a new consensus design. As crypto.news reported in its coverage of the roadmap, Ethereum’s 2029 plan now…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (744+ words) A Greek proverb states, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” In modern politics, perhaps one should beware of artificial intelligence companies begging to be regulated. Anthropic’s call for regulation has many crying foul, suggesting the largest AI labs want to cement…...

6+ hour ago   (316+ words) A growing internal rift reveals that many AI lab workers find doomsday predictions more amusing than alarming OpenAI official logo (public domain, Wikimedia Commons) — CryptoBriefing brand treatment The BBC reported on September 19, 2026, that many AI lab workers reacted to existential…...