Designing better products with AI and sustainability
On a mission to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing components, Siemens turned its attention to the design of a robot gripper. Making up just 2% of the robot, the impact
How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.
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
Busted by the em dash — AI’s favorite punctuation mark, and how it’s blowing your cover
AI is brilliant at polishing and rephrasing. But like a child with glitter glue, you still need to supervise it.Read More
How lidar measures the cost of climate disasters
The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in January 2025 left an indelible mark on the Southern California landscape. The Eaton and Palisades fires raged for 24 days, killing
MCP-Universe benchmark shows GPT-5 fails more than half of real-world orchestration tasks
A new benchmark from Salesforce research evaluates model and agentic performance on real-life enterprise tasks.Read More
OpenCUA’s open source computer-use agents rival proprietary models from OpenAI and Anthropic
The open source framework provides the data and training recipe for building powerful computer-use agents that challenge proprietary systems.Read More
Meta is partnering with Midjourney and will license its technology for ‘future models and products’
Details are scarce on how much if any money is involved. And what does it mean for Midjourney’s previously announced plans for an enterprise API?Read More
I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours
Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to search my genes. In 2018, police in California announced
Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI
In October, a new academic conference will debut that’s unlike any other. Agents4Science is a one-day online event that will encompass all areas of science, from physics to medicine. All