NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Princeton computer scientist Sayash Kapoor about his assertions that AI won't lead to mass layoffs.

Scientists have created a programmable drug system that can zero in on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy. Built from synthetic DNA, it only activates when it detects a precise combination of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Task” has tense standoffs between not-too-different cops and criminals. It has gunfights in the woods and heists that turn into bloodbaths that turn into kidnappings. Yet the HBO ...

Your brain is capable of learning to multitask without your realizing it, according to a new study. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free ...

Perplexity has announced a major new feature coming soon to Perplexity Computer: the ability to split tasks between local and cloud models. Perplexity Computer is the company’s agentic system for ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

On Tuesday, Nature released two papers describing AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses. One, Google’s Co-Scientist, is designed as what they term “scientist in the loop,” ...

AI agents built to run everyday computer tasks have a serious context problem, according to new research from UC Riverside. These systems can open apps, click buttons, fill out forms, move through ...

A cutting-edge large language model (LLM) outperformed human doctors in common clinical reasoning tasks including emergency room decisions, identifying likely diagnoses, and choosing next steps in ...

Quantum computers might eventually be able to handle some AI applications that currently require huge amounts of conventional computing power. Such a development would be a major boost to machine ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...