28 May 2026
Harvard Confers Five Honorary Degrees at 2026 Commencement
During the 375th Commencement this morning, Harvard will confer honorary degrees on five distinguished recipients, including journalist Peggy Noonan, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, and comedian Conan O’Brien. Three men and two women will be honored: Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI” and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics; Sir Noel Malcolm, a historian and political journalist expert in the…
27 May 2026
AI training data provider Human Archive raises $8.2M
AI training data provider Human Archive raises $8.2M Artificial intelligence training data provider Human Archive Inc. today announced that it has raised $8.2 million in funding.
24 May 2026
Qualcomm Stock Is the Sleeping Giant of the AI Revolution. It’s Starting to Wake Up.
Qualcomm, Inc_ logo on phone-by viewimage via Shutterstock When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) chip space, Wall Street tends to list the exact same big names: Nvidia (NVDA) , Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) , and Intel (INTC) . Amid the AI-driven market cap race, Qualcomm (QCOM) has remained in the shadows for some time; as the tech sector bloated with price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples of…
24 May 2026
A slow laser bottleneck just got a 250x AI shortcut for next-generation X-ray experiments
Building a world-class X-ray experiment begins with a laser operating at the wrong frequency. Before it becomes useful, researchers pass the beam through precision crystals twice, stepping the light from infrared into ultraviolet. That type of conversion has to be simulated before any parameter can be adjusted. Until now, that simulation was a persistent slowdown.
22 May 2026
Your brain's inner AI has a wild side, explaining every trippy vision you could imagine
Imagine what would happen if the enigmas of the human brain could be unraveled through technologies developed to replicate its workings. Consider an experience involving spiraling fractal shapes, forming a kaleidoscope of impossible figures. Next, think of meeting an illusory loved one in the flesh, or being menaced by a phantom animal in your midst. These scenarios involve hallucinations, but…
21 May 2026
The Future of Physical AI Isn’t Smarter Robots, It’s Smarter Interfaces
This sponsored article is brought to you by Wetour Robotics . A field technician on a wind turbine, harness clipped, both hands on a wrench, needs to send a command to the diagnostic device hanging at her belt. A logistics worker on a loading dock, gloves on, eyes on the pallet, needs to redirect a connected lift. A person using an assistive mobility device on a crowded street wants to nudge it…
20 May 2026
Robotics Benchmark Stumbles in Moonwalk Test
The Michael Jackson Moonwalk robotics benchmark continues to test the limits of current artificial intelligence and robotics technologies according to recent commentary from The Rundown AI. This entertaining yet technically demanding challenge reveals how far humanoid robots have come in replicating iconic human dance moves while underscoring remaining gaps in balance control and fluid motion…
20 May 2026
AI-Powered Atlas Uncovers Extensive Whole-Body Damage Linked to Obesity
In a groundbreaking advancement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biomedical research, scientists at Helmholtz Munich in collaboration with the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) and other institutions have unveiled a novel AI-driven framework capable of mapping disease-induced cellular alterations throughout the entire mouse body.
20 May 2026
I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body
I recently gave my OpenClaw a real robot arm to play with. The results just about blew my own neural network. The AI agent was able to configure the arm, use it to see and slowly grab things, and even train another AI model to pick up and place specific objects. And they say AGI is still a few years away! (I’m joking, it probably is). The results have me convinced that we may be on the brink of a…
