Editors' Picks Articles

Jeff Rumage

Updated on December 17, 2025

Digital passports may speed up lines at the TSA, but their use beyond the airport could reshape the internet — raising concerns about privacy, security and a future where you’re asked for your ID at every turn.

Ellen Glover

Updated on December 17, 2025

The U.S. Tech Force program is looking to bring about 1,000 early-career technologists and supervisors into federal agencies, with the goal of modernizing government systems and helping America maintain its AI supremacy.

Matthew Urwin

Updated on December 17, 2025

OpenAI is striking major deals with other AI titans like Nvidia and Oracle, while building upon its Sora and ChatGPT products. But it’s unclear whether OpenAI’s aggressive expansion reflects a thriving AI industry or a bubble about to burst.

Matthew Urwin

Updated on December 16, 2025

Trump has signed an executive order seeking to limit state AI regulations in favor of a single federal framework. But such a drastic move could splinter the MAGA movement — and remove existing protections Americans have.

Ellen Glover

Updated on December 16, 2025

After years of development, OpenAI has finally released its much-anticipated GPT-5 language model, offering several enhancements over its predecessors. But it’s still a long way from artificial general intelligence.

Brooke Becher

Updated on December 11, 2025

Billions of dollars are changing hands between the same few AI companies. That affects everything from compute costs to market volatility — and it’s worth understanding.

Vrijen Attawar

Updated on December 11, 2025

The traditional model of education can’t keep up with the pace of AI development. That’s a problem for everyone.

Ellen Glover

Updated on December 11, 2025

Experts warn that excessive use of chatbots like ChatGPT can distort your sense of reality. Here’s how you can protect yourself.

Brooke Becher

Updated on December 09, 2025

Inside the evolving export-control system that determines whether Nvidia’s advanced AI chips reach Chinese data centers.

Jeff Rumage

Updated on December 09, 2025

Trump tried to limit the H-1B program during his first term in office, and succeeded in doing so in his second term. But his friends in Silicon Valley might persuade him to take a more lenient stance for the future.