artificial intelligence
AI Needs Power. This Startup Wants to Find It in the Ocean.
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 29th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Panthalassa's approach shares the same basic logic of escaping land-based constraints by moving computing infrastructure somewhere radically different. But going to sea is orders of magnitude cheaper and simpler than going to orbit.
AI Just Proved an 80-Year-Old Mathematical Conjecture Wrong, and Mathematicians Are Stunned
Posted in Science, Software on 29th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific and beloved mathematicians of the twentieth century, famous for posing deceptively simple questions that resisted solution for decades.
AI's Hunger for Power Is Triggering a Political Backlash
Posted in Business, Hardware, Software on 28th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The vast warehouses of servers that power everything from cloud storage to large language models, now consume 6% of all electricity generated in the United States. New figures suggest that milestone has been quietly crossed, and communities are starting to push back.
What Would It Actually Mean for AI to Be Generally Intelligent? DeepMind Has a Framework
Posted in Business, Science, Software on 7th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
If the DeepMind framework gains traction, it would give researchers, policymakers, and the public something more useful: a shared vocabulary, a set of specific tests, and a way to actually track whether the technology is getting closer to human-level general intelligence, rather than just asserting that it is.
AI Just Outdiagnosed Doctors in the Emergency Room
Posted in Medicine, Software on 7th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The goal isn't human versus machine, it's understanding how AI can work alongside clinicians, and whether doing so improves care or introduces new risks.