Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out
The exodus has set off alarms among staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets.”
AI prescribes new electrolyte additive combinations for enhanced battery performance
Batteries, like humans, require medicine to function at their best. In battery technology, this medicine comes in the form of electrolyte additives, which enhance performance by forming stable interfaces, lowering resistance and boosting energy capacity, resulting in improved efficiency and longevity.
How procedural memory can cut the cost and complexity of AI agents
Memp takes inspiration from human cognition to give LLM agents “procedural memory” that can adapt to new tasks and environments.Read More
Google Will Make All Android App Developers Verify Their Identity Starting Next Year
With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for developers distributing apps outside the Play Store.
Can large language models figure out the real world? New metric measures AI’s predictive power
In the 17th century, German astronomer Johannes Kepler figured out the laws of motion that made it possible to accurately predict where our solar system’s planets would appear in the sky as they orbit the sun. But it wasn’t until decades later, when Isaac Newton formulated the universal laws of gravitation, that the underlying principles …
This website lets you blind-test GPT-5 vs. GPT-4o—and the results may surprise you
Take this blind test to discover whether you truly prefer OpenAI’s GPT-5 or the older GPT-4o—without knowing which model you’re using.Read More
WIRED Roundup: The US Chip Manufacturers’ Bonanza
On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” our senior business editor joins us to talk about the Trump administration’s deals with chipmakers, OpenAI’s potential $500 billion valuation—and ants.
Can we trust AI? Researchers offer framework for tackling this question
An international team of researchers has put forward a framework that it argues can be used to answer one of the biggest questions facing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies: can AI be trusted? The framework offers an organized approach for tackling a complex subject that draws on a wide variety of research disciplines.
Developers lose focus 1,200 times a day — how MCP could change that
One of the most impactful applications of MCP is its ability to connect AI coding assistants directly to developer tools.Read More
Best 360 Cameras (2025), Tested and Reviewed
It’s a small world after all, and these cameras can capture all of it at once, giving you a 360-degree view.