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The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.

Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Abstract! It’s been an incredible year for science, from breakthroughs in life-saving

In the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of

I am starting to think I will never receive my personalized, likely AI-generated horny Shrek Christmas ornaments I purchased from

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Whenever I tell people I’m getting back into tapes, their faces immediately light up. There’s a genuine excitement in peoples’

We start this week with Jason’s story about Flock exposing a bunch of AI-powered cameras. These cameras zoom in on

If you’ve been doomscrolling LinkedIn and wondering whether a robot stole everyone’s job this year, here’s some mildly comforting news:

Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the