rebecca heilweil

As AI agents raise fresh concerns about election interference, the humble paper ballot offers a crucial safeguard against digital manipulation.

Even as a backlash grows, some candidates are embracing data centers. Others are laying down conditions for its expansion, or reversing on their earlier embrace of the industry.

Here's how to use tools like ChatGPT and Claude to build expertise, learn new skills, and think more critically.

Using a new AI tool, the de-extinction company has narrowed down the genetic changes needed to recreate the famously extinct bird.

A design assistant for people with more ideas than artistic chops, a comprehensive agentic productivity suite, a self-driving car you can own, and more.

Bluetooth satellites, autonomous lunar rovers, seamless satellite connectivity, and more.

Today’s models are already lowering the barriers to fraud, cyberattacks, manipulation, and weapons development.

It wasn't an issue, but emails from 2024 obtained by Fast Company show officials at the SEC and FBI scrambling to understand changes to Amazon’s cloud terms.

As self-driving cars multiply, first responders may be forced to navigate a patchwork of company-specific rules, hotlines, and procedures.

Chatbots can help people fix everything from dishwashers to phones. Manufacturers may not be thrilled about it.

Self-driving cars promise safer roads and easier commutes. They could also flatten one of the strangest expressions of local culture.

One spin-off just raised another $20 million.

Teens aren’t the only ones who might benefit from a few extra guardrails as ChatGPT becomes the new search bar.

SpaceX, Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, Firefly, and all the other companies targeting the $28.5 trillion orbital market (Elon's number) are not the same. Time for investors to start treating them that way. What's real, what's not—why it matters.

The Tesla pickups will serve as emergency evacuation vehicles for Crew-13, after NASA and SpaceX determined they could safely carry astronauts and ground personnel away from the launchpad.

A wheeled bot that monitors air quality is joining robotic vacuums and scrubbers in Terminal B.

After its vehicles stalled and worsened gridlock near the fireworks celebration, city officials say they still lack the tools and data needed to manage autonomous fleets during major events.

David Paffenholz, CEO of AI recruitment platform Juicebox, reflects on the pros and cons of the new world of job seeking.

The philosophy PhD is helping shape the values that guide Anthropic's Claude through increasingly consequential tasks.

As head of policy at Stop Killer Robots, she is pushing for international rules to limit autonomous weapons before they become normalized in war.