The Patchwork
Over 2,100 AI bills are moving through U.S. statehouses while Congress proposes freezing most for three years. Inside the fight over who governs AI in America.
The Mandate
China’s MIIT and SASAC just ordered humanoid robots into real factories, hospitals, and warehouses nationwide — a state-directed bet targeting 100,000 units by 2027.
The Judgement Gap
OpenAI’s GeneBench-Pro gave frontier AI models 129 research-grade genomics problems. The best model solved fewer than a third — a sobering AI-for-science reality check.
Ten Thousand New Worlds
In 2026, AI sifting old NASA telescope data found 10,000+ new exoplanet candidates — enough to double the known count. How machine learning is remapping the galaxy.
Unlearning the Universe
A 2026 study shows AI trained on the standard model of cosmology can miss new physics — a flaw called negative transfer. Why machines must learn to forget.
The Balloon Forecast: AI Beats the Weather Agencies
WindBorne’s WeatherMesh-6 makes hourly 3-km forecasts and beats Europe’s flagship model on key variables — with 400 balloons and fresher data, not a bigger net. The privatization of weather.
The Day Washington Decided Who Gets Frontier AI
OpenAI built GPT-5.6 Sol, its most powerful model yet, then limited it to ~20 government-approved partners at the White House’s request. Inside the first gated frontier release.
How AI Found a 50-Year Hole in Economic Theory
Axiom Math’s EconLib formalizes economics in Lean — and its verifier already flagged a gap in a foundational proof economists taught for fifty years. The machine-checked future of social science.
The Table of Nations
At the G7 in Évian, the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind sat as equals to world leaders. Inside the AI governance power shift.
The Hacker in the Machine
June 2026: the Five Eyes spy chiefs warn that AI capable of devastating cyberattacks is months away, not years. Inside the offensive-AI threat and the defense.
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