A new AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks

OpenAI announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. The high quality of the sample outputs published so far has provoked both excited and concerned reactions.

Reactor's final experiment breaks nuclear fusion record

The JET tokamak set a new world record for generating energy from nuclear fusion during its final experiment.

Elon Musk's Neuralink Has Implanted Its First Chip in a Human Brain

Billionaire technologist Elon Musk announced this week that his company Neuralink has implanted its brain-computer interface into a human for the first time.

NASA Reveals X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel.

Breakthrough in quantum computing with stable room temperature qubits

Scientists achieve groundbreaking room-temperature quantum coherence for 100 nanoseconds, propelling molecular qubits closer to practical quantum computing.

A new supercomputer aims to closely mimic the human brain

A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the human brain, according to researchers in Australia. The machine, called DeepSouth, is capable of performing 228 trillion operations per second.

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan

Japan's joint fusion reactor project with the European Union (EU), the JT-60SA, was inaugurated in Naka, Japan on Friday, marking the start of experimental operations for the world's biggest and most advanced tokamak.

China deploys first of its kind underwater data center

The 1,300-tonne system is submerged 35 meters underwater and uses the sea to cool its compute. 

ChatGPT turns 1

As a result, another lesson that everyone – users of ChatGPT or not – will have to learn in the blockbuster technology’s second year is to be vigilant when it comes to digital media of all kinds.

This Amazing Ultrafast Laser Is Tiny Enough to Fit on a Fingertip

To accurately measure the Universe on the smallest scales, you need a laser with the perfect mix of power and precision.

Breakthrough sends supercomputer accuracy to next level

Researchers at MIT have achieved a significant leap in quantum computing, bringing the potential of these supercomputers closer to realization.

Step forward for massive DNA computer systems

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University has demonstrated a DNA computer that can solve quadratic equations with 30 logic gates.

Swift AI drone beats humans in drone race for the first time

Researchers from the University of Zurich and Intel have announced the creation of a unique autonomous unmanned system called Swift. It is powered by artificial intelligence and is capable of outperforming humans in FPV drone race.

Google quantum computer is 47 years faster than a supercomputer

A new quantum computer can execute calculations in mere moments that would take the most advanced supercomputers 47 years to process.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant firm cleared for human trials

Neuralink said on Thursday that it received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first human clinical study of implants which are intended to let the brain interface directly with computers.