AI luminaries at Davos clash over how close human level intelligence really is

Anthropic's Dario Amodei says it's coming soon. DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and former Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun think it ...
Nature

What a $1-billion pledge means for CERN’s ambitious supercollider plans

New director-general Mark Thomson discusses fundraising efforts and future priorities for Europe’s particle-physics ...
Silicon Republic

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs in talks on raise at $5bn valuation – reports

Widely regarded as the 'Godmother of AI', Fei-Fei Li's start-up World Labs is reported to be in talks to raise investment at a $5bn valueation.
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s first public ‘pure-play’ fusion company: General Fusion bypasses magnets, lasers

General Fusion has announced that it has entered into a definitive business combination agreement ...

Watch Out Turing Test, California May Finally Settle this Debate

Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, SB 243 is directed at regulating AI-powered companion chatbots (with limited exceptions) that engage users across multiple interactions, with a multi-pronged approach.
eWeek

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs in Talks for Fundraising at $5B Valuation

If agreed, the funding round would mark a significant step up from World Labs’ earlier valuation of $1 billion.

Tesla Cannonball Runs And Empty Robotaxis; The Math On Their Reality

Empty robotaxis and long drives without interventions make some imagine Tesla FSD is ready to deploy. The math may say the ...
Nature

The biggest ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition

January 2026 ...
The Utah Review

Sundance 2026: Documentaries, entire slate of short films and episodic pilots, other features highlight The Utah Review’s festival focus

Part II summarizes the films and programs from Sundance 2026 that are part of The Utah Review coverage. For Part I which is ...