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When can we say AI made a scientific discovery?

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Monday, September 28, 2026 - 9:03 PM
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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude

The Download: rogue agent liability and the AI Hype Index

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Monday, September 28, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has

Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

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Monday, September 28, 2026 - 12:06 PM
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MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has

The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector

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Friday, September 25, 2026 - 1:16 PM
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The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request. The program, called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next, will focus on scoring algorithms that

Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients

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Friday, September 25, 2026 - 1:00 PM
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Around this time last year I was attending an aging conference in Manchester, listening to a talk about fly aging, when my phone started pinging. News outlets were reporting that a hot mic had caught Russia’s and China’s leaders discussing the

The Download: a bid to scrap the virtual wall and AI hits Climate Week

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Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A congressional representative just proposed killing America’s border tower program Delia Ramirez, a Democratic

AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week

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Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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This week, world leaders descended on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly. It’s also New York Climate Week—investors, policymakers, advocates, and journalists are colliding at panels, talks, and fancy dinners. With so many climate voices in one