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A drug startup wants to simulate more. Tests still matter.
Potential Sciences plans to use computer simulations to help find drug candidates. Outside researchers warn that predictions are hard and animal and human tests still matter.
WIRED · Nov 5, 2026 -
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The Census Bureau reset its AI-use measure
The Census Bureau changed its business survey in late 2025. It now asks about AI in any business function, not only in making goods or services. The agency started a new series because the answers shifted.
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Publishing staff question how AI is being used
WIRED reports worker concerns about AI-made copy, manuscript inputs, and disclosure. Company responses are part of the story too.
Oct 9, 2026 -
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OpenAI says it changed its safety work after a hack
In an interview, OpenAI research chief Mark Chen says the company now watches model training more closely and shifted some computing power to safety work. A faster alert after another incident is not proof that the safeguards contained it.
MIT Technology Review · Sep 30, 2026 -
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Hiring is turning into machines distrusting machines
WIRED shows the hiring market's AI loop from both sides. Applicants pay tools to please applicant tracking systems, or hiring software. Employers then face hundreds of similar resumes and use more AI to sort them. Each side tries to solve mistrust with another machine.
WIRED · Sep 4, 2026 -
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Learning theory now has to account for the machine in the room
Generativism says students now learn with AI, not just from it. The frame asks who leads, who checks the tool, and how students notice their own thinking.
arXiv · May 18, 2026