AI
Terence Tao, OpenAI, and Who Owns Mathematics
The AHM statement hosted on Terence Tao's blog says mathematicians did not ask for OpenAI's 700-file math release. On Tao's own blog, 53 of 103 comments rejected it.
Elena Marsh · October 9, 2026
Science
We Use Drugs No One Understands. Terence Tao Says Be Careful.
A reply to Terence Tao's October 2026 'Math 2.0' thought experiment. Humans benefited from sex, fire, and aspirin long before understanding them; where Tao is right is narrower: a powerful optimizer can game the trial it was told to pass.
By Quanlai Li · October 11, 2026
AI
OpenAI's 722 AI Math Proofs: Only 162 Checked in Lean
We matched OpenAI's 722 published math manuscripts against its own Lean formalization catalogue. Only 162 main results are machine-checked, and none of the 143 manuscripts dated in October.
Daniel Reyes · October 7, 2026
Analysis
California Data Centers Energy Demand and Grid Stress
Explore a data-driven perspective on California data centers, focusing on energy demand and its significant implications for grid stress.
Editorial Desk · October 5, 2026
Opinion
PicoJool Funding Round Reshapes AI Bandwidth
PicoJool's funding round marks a significant shift in AI data-center interconnects and infrastructure, transforming AI bandwidth capabilities.
Marcus Feldman · September 28, 2026
Opinion
AI Infra Summit: Data-Driven Infrastructure Trends
Explore a neutral, data-driven analysis of AI Infra Summit's significant impact on evolving infrastructure trends and market dynamics.
Editorial Desk · September 21, 2026
Opinion
Open-Source AI Governance: OSPOs Reshape Governance
A data-driven perspective on Open-Source AI governance and how OSPOs drive risk management, collaboration, and innovation.
Priya Raman · September 14, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
25 Fields Medalists Warned on AI. Math Will Be Fine
Twenty-five Fields Medalists signed a declaration calling AI labs severely misaligned with mathematics. Our analysis of who signed suggests it is a labor argument, not an epistemic one.
Nil Ni · September 12, 2026
AI
Iran Blocks Claude. It Buried Khamenei With Claude Anyway.
Anthropic's September 2026 report shows Iran's culture ministry used Claude to plan Khamenei's funeral and succession, while Claude sat inside the US targeting system that killed him. The threshold that matters is not AI deciding, it is AI becoming unavoidable.
Priya Raman · September 12, 2026
AI
AI News This Week: GPT-6 Astra, iPhone Duo, $6B in Funding
The biggest AI news of the week of September 8, 2026: GPT-6 Astra, Atlas, DeepSeek V4.1-Flash, the iPhone Duo, $6.05B in funding, and a very public AGI argument.
Amara Singh · September 12, 2026
Policy
Is Surrogacy Ethical? Europe Bans Wombs, Not Brothels
Europe bans commercial surrogacy on dignity grounds while licensing paid sex work and paid plasma donation. Germany, Austria and Hungary do all three at once. The line is a taboo, not a principle.
Elena Marsh · September 10, 2026
AI
Jacob Coxon Quit Anthropic. 92% Read Only the Headline
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic in a seven-post thread seen 101.8 million times. Only 8.1% of that audience read past the first post. What was in the other six.
Jordan Wells · September 9, 2026
AI
The AI Jobs Boom Is Data Center Jobs, Not Software
The Economist says AI created 1m US jobs. BLS data shows the four industries that build and sell AI lost 165,500 since ChatGPT launched. The gains are in construction.
Daniel Reyes · September 9, 2026