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Why Robots Still Can’t Do Science

AI can read the literature in an afternoon and design molecules a chemist never would. So why can't a robot hold a pipette?

June 12, 2026

Looking for Signs of Intelligence in Chatbots

A new test for AI suggests some newer LLMs are less smart than older models

June 10, 2026

How to Heal People with Science Fiction

A new healthpunk movement aims to teach physicians to use their imaginations

June 9, 2026

How to Tame AI’s Voracious Appetite for Energy

Better algorithms, hardware and computing methods can lower AI’s power drain

May 24, 2026

Finally a Commencement Speech That Gets AI Right

Leave it to The Woz to hit the right note with freshly minted graduates

May 22, 2026

Are Humanoid Robots the End of Human Work?

Here’s what the people making the robots think

May 21, 2026

Commencement Boos for AI Platitudes

Is the next generation of college graduates justified in jeering at the coming industrial revolution?

May 19, 2026

How to Build a Trustworthy Robot

A conversation with a robot researcher about a possible future where robots are like teammates in hospitals, factories, and homes

May 7, 2026

AI Music vs. My Parents

My folks were taken in by the latest algorithmic “artist,” and it scares me

May 5, 2026

How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago

We’ve come a long way since then

April 7, 2026

I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me

An interview with Anthropic’s chatbot about sycophantic AI and how to guard against it

April 3, 2026

Making AI More Human

An interview with Berkeley researcher and author Nina Begus about her new book and proposal to fuse science and the humanities

April 1, 2026