The microbots have tiny computers, sensors, and actuators. They can sense temperature and swim autonomously. The robots, each the size of a single cell, casually turn circles in a bath of water. Suddenly, their sensors detect a change: Parts of the bath are heating up. The microrobots halt their

Models that “think” through problems step by step before providing an answer use considerably more power than older models. It’s not news to anyone that there are concerns about AI’s rising energy bill. But a new analysis shows the latest reasoning models are substantially more energy intensive

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI Releases GPT-5.2 After ‘Code Red’ Google Threat AlertBenj Edwards | Ars Technica “OpenAI says GPT-5.2 Thinking beats or ties ‘human professionals’ on 70.9 percent of tasks in the GDPval benchmark (compared to 53.3 percent for Gemini 3 Pro). The company also claims the

An immune tag-team promises to hold the virus in check for years—even without medication. HIV was once a death sentence. Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, it’s now a chronic disease. But the daily treatment is for life. Without the drug, the virus rapidly rebounds. Scientists have long hunted for a

The technology is still in its infancy. But its trajectory suggests that ethical conversations may become pressing far sooner than expected. As prominent artificial intelligence researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living