Contents
Our cover
AI models lied to pass safety test
Frontier models have learned to recognise when they are being tested, and some are now hiding their real capabilities to avoid being shut down
23 min read
Manufacturing
The rise of China's "dark factories"
Robots build cars through the night, with almost nobody left on the floor.
8 min read
Supercomputers
How xAI built the world's largest supercomputer in 122 days
Gas turbines in a Memphis factory yard: the shortcut rivals now copy.
17 min read
Brain Computer Interface
Neuralink discovers how to implant chips without cutting your brain open
Threading electrodes through the dura turns an ordeal into a procedure.
13 min read
Nuclear Power
The inevitable return of nuclear power
AI's hunger for stable power is bringing nuclear back from exile.
7 min read
Model Architecture
Is reasoning in silence the new chain of thought?
A new family of models reasons by looping through its own layers in silence instead of writing out its thoughts, cheaper, faster, and much harder to read
9 min read