Stanford Tech Review
Is Surrogacy Ethical? Europe Bans Wombs, Not Brothels
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.

By Elena Marsh · September 10, 2026

The AI Jobs Boom Is Data Center Jobs, Not Software
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

Claude's Fermat's Last Theorem Proof: What Lean Checked
AI

Claude's Fermat's Last Theorem Proof: What Lean Checked

Anthropic's Claude wrote a 13-million-line Lean proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days. Re-verifying it takes about 22 hours and 300 GB of RAM — and that inversion is the real story.

Priya Raman · September 5, 2026