In the science of artificial intelligence (AI), there is a concept called technological singularity. It is the most dangerous level of AI, of technology and indeed, of science itself, for a number of ...

Black holes have been understood as infinite singularities for a century. In 1916, months after Einstein published general relativity, Karl Schwarzschild did something that surprised even Einstein ...

After a couple of hours of apps and itineraries, Google’s big AI presentation turned philosophical. After a couple of hours of apps and itineraries, Google’s big AI presentation turned philosophical ...

In 1931, a 20-year-old commerce student at the London School of Economics received a modest traveling scholarship and boarded a ship to the United States. His name was Ronald Coase. He had worn leg ...

In a Pacific conflict, the nearest U.S. drone factory is thousands of miles away. Ships and planes carrying parts to the front lines would be vulnerable to attack. Defense startup Firestorm Labs ...

Firestorm Labs, a maker of portable drone manufacturing systems for use in expeditionary locations, has collected $82 million in Series B capital from investors to further accelerate production of its ...

Firestorm has partnered with 3D printer-maker HP to enable additive manufacturing of drones at the front line. Credit: Firestorm Labs U.S. startup Firestorm Labs has raised $82 million in funding to ...

"The AGI race has begun,” wrote former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner in 2024. “We are building machines that can think and reason. By 2025/26, these machines will outpace many college ...

So what has Firestorm been up to, and how does it lead into his new series? Well, like dozens of other heroes and villains, Ronnie competed in DC K.O.’s Omega Tournament to stop an invasion by ...

In the space of a day, two AI stories broke into the mainstream. They were, in different ways and from different insider perspectives, about the same thing: becoming suddenly, and profoundly, worried ...