Hardware
The Startup That Wants To Beam Power Between Satellites With Lasers
Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
A prototype satellite designed to test something that has never been done before: beaming power from one spacecraft to another using lasers.
NASA Is Sending Robots To The Moon, And They Walk On Two Legs
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Valkyrie is already over a decade old. The question is no longer whether humanoid robots can work in space, it's how capable, reliable, and trustworthy they can be made before the next generation of lunar missions needs them.
The Next Big AI Problem Isn't Intelligence, It's Society
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The past decade of AI has been defined by a race to build smarter individual systems. The next decade will be defined by a harder and stranger challenge: ensuring that millions of autonomous agents can operate together safely, fairly, and effectively.
Why AI Agents Lie, Cheat, And Hack, And Why It's Getting Harder To Stop Them
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 25th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
It is one of the most striking recent examples of a phenomenon AI researchers have been watching for years, and that is becoming considerably more urgent as models grow more capable. It's called reward hacking; and understanding it matters now more than ever.
Toddlers Are Still Smarter Than ChatGPT, And Scientists Want To Know Why
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 25th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Understanding exactly why may be the most consequential question at the intersection of AI and human development, with implications for everything from how we build the next generation of AI models to what it means to be a thinking, language-using creature in the first place.