Tech

Ella Baron on our evolving relationship with AI

As the technology grows ever more powerful and humans grow more reliant, could a role reversal take place?

The Guardian view on AI v mathematicians: humans are still vital to the field, but tech firms refuse to see that

OpenAI claims its agents have solved the Navier-Stokes problem. But questions remain about how useful and independent its work really is

Gov. Wes Moore stands by Maryland's AI deal with Anthropic despite pushback

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) defended a 2025 artificial intelligence deal with Anthropic at a time when his party has begun a crusade against the technology.

Transcript: Rep. Ro Khanna on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sept. 20, 2026

Updated on: September 20, 2026 / 2:51 PM EDT / CBS News

The 'robot relations' department may become reality in workplace of the future

AI, from chatbots to humanoids and automated management systems, are being widely deployed by corporations with huge repercussions for worker pay and autonomy.

AI didn’t almost trigger a war with China. The Pentagon's blind faith in it did

American military planes were already in the air. Armed personnel were preparing for a possible boarding of a Chinese vessel. Then, according to CNN reporting published Friday, more experienced analysts reopened the intelligence behind the operation and found that its central claim was false.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang rejects AI extinction warnings as "doomsday narratives"

Updated on: September 20, 2026 / 1:01 PM EDT / CBS News

Illustrating myths: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens

September 20, 2026 / 9:28 AM EDT / CBS News

‘An out-of-touch Silicon Valley radical’: meet Trump’s AI whisperer pushing for limited regulation

David Sacks convinced Trump against any restrictions on AI – putting the White House out of step with its own party

What Is Humanity’s Place in the Cosmos?

A lifelong fascination with terra incognita led the astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan to map out the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena.

Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade

Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I’ve been driven out by so-called ‘online activists’. The only answer is to unplug and try this instead

Star Trek is turning 60 – and the vision it promised feels more distant than ever

The US’s deployment of weaponry in space marks the latest backward step from the show’s optimistic conception of the future