The Magnet Hunter
Scientists trained AI to read 67,573 magnetic compounds and surfaced 25 rare-earth-free candidates – a possible escape from China’s grip on the modern electric motor.
Cold Rush
A neural network screened 1.3 million crystals, ruled out 99.4% of dead ends, and led chemists to two new superconductors. Inside AI’s hunt for zero resistance.
The Robot Hour
Figure now builds a humanoid robot every hour, Amazon has crossed a million machines, and NVIDIA shipped open physical-AI models. Inside robotics’ tipping point.
AI Goes Native
Apple Siri now runs on Gemini with Claude as an option. Microsoft launched its own AI family. Waymo is live in London. In 2026, AI became invisible infrastructure.
The Recursive Machine
Anthropic says Claude writes 80%+ of its production code and warns of recursive self-improvement. 8× more code per day. 76% on hardest tasks. The loop has closed.
The Rise of Humanoids
Boston Dynamics Atlas is building Hyundais. Neura raised millions backed by Amazon and Nvidia. A humanoid robot now costs $16K. In 2026, the robot revolution arrived.
AI Designed Drugs
By the end of 2026, the first drug a machine designed from scratch is meant to enter a human body. The numbers behind AI-designed drugs, and what they prove.
The Two Ledgers
A $965B Anthropic IPO, $920M-a-month compute deals, 150,000 tech layoffs, and a worker revolt. The AI bubble debate in 2026 is two true stories at once.
Long Memory
Google’s Titans architecture and new AI memory frameworks are solving catastrophic forgetting — the 40-year-old problem that kept AI systems perpetually amnesiac.
Gene Writers
AI models trained on 9.3 trillion DNA base pairs are now writing novel genomes – and the first AI-designed viruses already outperform their natural ancestors.
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