AI adds a third to US GDP but barely lifts workers’ total income — Anthropic’s 2030 scenario
The extreme scenario assumes AI automates existing knowledge work without creating new tasks for those workers. Employment in these occupations falls by about a fifth. An economic model published by Anthropic puts US GDP in 2030 about 32 percent above its path...
MIT turns bacteria into transistors and prints them into working logic circuits
The bacteria control chemical signals much as electronic transistors control current. Arranged in patterns, their colonies can perform calculations. Engineers at MIT...
AI agents given money to run businesses produced spam, unsolicited bills and no revenue
Bottleneck Labs gave seven frontier models real bank accounts and free rein to make money over 72 hours. Researchers stopped two agents...
AI data-center developers scout Argentina's Patagonia as established hubs run out of power
Neuquén and Chubut have power, cold air and empty land — and none of the capacity on offer there has been built yet....
Suno launches v6 trained on licensed music as copyright lawsuits continue
Suno is retiring its earlier models as it rolls out their replacements. The company says the new generation uses a different training...