Elsevier’s 121 million data point database is now searchable by AI
Aug 13, 2025 - Elsevier is going all in on AI and data. The latest release is an AI-powered search engine for its chemistry database, Reaxys.
AI & Data Science News
The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
Aug 13, 2025 - Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” fears the technology he helped build could wipe out humanity — and “tech bros” are taking the wrong approach to stop it.
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
Aug 11, 2025 - GPT-5’s focus on routing queries to the best model could be an admission that LLMs can’t get much smarter.
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview
Aug 12, 2023 - More companies are returning to the old-school, face-to-face meeting to combat cheating by candidates and more ominous digital threats
Improved Map Accuracy in plotly.js with UN Geodata
Aug 12, 2025 - Plotly.js v3.1.0 introduces new maps based on UN geodata, replacing Natural Earth to better represent disputed and unclaimed territories.
Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse
Aug 12, 2025 - A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.
Tracking Census Dataset Changes
See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.
Scaling Intelligence: The Exponential Growth of AI's Power Needs
Aug 11, 2025 - A high end for a single frontier model approached 1% of total U.S. power capacity. Forecasts suggest AI could consume over 5% of U.S. generation capacity by 2030
Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Aug 11, 2025 - The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the latest victim of Reddit's crackdown on data access.
Inside the $10,000 Job Search: Career Coaching, LinkedIn Fees, Résumé Help
Aug 10, 2025 - The costs of finding work climb as job hunts stretch over months. “It’s trying to be louder than anyone else.”
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
Aug 10, 2025 - As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.
Deepfaked after death: Some don't want it
Aug 9, 2025 - Some people are adding clauses to their wills asking not to be reincarnated with AI.
AI is helping to keep the economy afloat
Aug 8, 2025 - AI spending contributed more to US GDP growth than consumer spending did last quarter.
Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
Aug 8, 2025 - Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. NYT analyzed the conversation.
OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub
Aug 7, 2025 - GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models.
NSF invests nearly $32M to accelerate novel AI-driven approaches in protein design, strengthening the U.S. bioeconomy
Aug 7, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships announced an inaugural investment of nearly $32 million to five teams across the U.S.
Is your AI benchmark lying to you?
Aug 6, 2025 - Artificial intelligence models are too often assessed against flawed goals — a stumbling block for progress.
OpenAI launches reasoning LLM that you can download and tweak
Aug 6, 2025 - One version of the gpt-oss large language model can run on a laptop, and performs nearly as well as the company’s most powerful models.
Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time
Aug 5, 2025 - Google is investing a lot into AI world models.
Anthropic's Claude AI model takes on (and beats) human hackers
Aug 5, 2025 - Claude's success even surprised the company's own internal security team.
Blue-collar revenge: The things AI can't do are making a comeback
Aug 4, 2025 - The reshaping of the American economy promises to offer a renaissance for the skilled trades.
Thanks for Your $1 Billion Job Offer, Mark Zuckerberg. I’m Gonna Pass.
Aug 1, 2025 - The loyalties and larger-than-life figures prompting some people to turn down insanely lucrative offers
The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT
Jul 29, 2025 - AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.
GenAI Data Exposure: What GenAI Usage Is Really Costing Enterprises
Jul 31, 2025 - Nearly 22% of uploaded files and 4.37% of prompts contained sensitive content. Meanwhile, the average enterprise saw 23 previously unknown GenAI tools newly used by employees.
The pain in your electric bill could be AI’s fault
Jul 30, 2025 - Data centers are creating higher energy costs for some people.
You might be ghosting the internet. Can it survive?
Jul 29, 2025 - Your clicks have immense power. Collectively, just moments of our attention can lift or sink a site. But our browsing is changing, and it could reshape the internet you know and love.
Cybersecurity leaders are upskilling for AI, focusing less on hiring, new data shows
Jul 29, 2025 - This could exacerbate the cybersecurity worker shortage in the long run.
Your Nature Photos Are Doing More Science Than You Think
Jul 29, 2025 - The number of peer-reviewed studies using iNaturalist data has surged more than tenfold in the past five years, new research shows.
NSF Invests $100M in 5 National AI Research Institutes and NSF AIVO - AI Institutes Virtual Organization
Jul 29, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Capital One and Intel, announced a $100 million investment to support five National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and NSF AIVO, as a central community hub.
Delaware AI Commission Approves Creating Agentic AI Sandbox
Jul 28, 2025 - The Delaware AI Commission signed off on a plan to develop a technology sandbox, where new agentic AI technologies and regulations can be explored. The first sector officials are interested in examining is corporate governance.