The Oscars’ AI Lie: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

(Illustration by Ankler; Charles Eshelman/Getty Images) Share I cover the intersection of Hollywood and AI for paying subscribers. I wrote about eight companies that are using AI the right wayexplored Disney’s deal with OpenAI and I dove into what AI interpreter is Tilly Norwood means for the actors. The Academy cinema arts and sciences keeps…

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Contracting for AI Acquisition in a Rapid-Adoption Era – IPWatchdog.com

Contracts for acquiring AI in the era of rapid adoption See the speakers Organizations and government agencies are acquiring AI at unprecedented speed, often faster than legal, procurement and governance frameworks can adapt. Standard software contracts are pushed beyond their limits, exposing buyers to unclear ownership of outcomes, weak data rights, opaque model behavior, regulatory…

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How Higher Ed Can Reverse It

Bâtiments du campus universitaire getty Quatre-vingt-dix pour cent des professeurs affirment que l’IA affaiblit la pensée critique. C’est selon un Enquête de janvier 2026 auprès de 1 057 membres du corps professoral menée par l’Association américaine des collèges et universités et l’Université Elon. Cette préoccupation trouve un écho à l’échelle mondiale. Un rapport distinct de janvier…

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Agentic AI edges closer to everyday production use

Many security and operations teams now spend less time wondering whether agentic AI has a place in production and more time determining how to run it securely at scale. A new research report from Dynatrace examines how large organizations are moving agentic AI from pilot projects to real-world environments and where these efforts are stagnating….

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AI Enters the Race at the Winter Olympic Games

Artificial intelligence (AI) is also entering the race 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy, which runs through February 22, bringing a layer of artificial intelligence to an event long defined as a showcase of human performance. From athlete training and broadcast production to fan engagement and judging, AI systems are increasingly integrated into the…

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Penn professors discuss artificial intelligence classroom policies, University initiatives

As classrooms continue to integrate artificial intelligence tools across campus, Penn professors spoke to The Daily Pennsylvanian about how they are adopting the technology without compromising the learning process. Penn first announced its university-wide AI policy in November 2023, which outlined formal guidelines for the use of generative AI and machine learning tools. While the…

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AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy

A joint essay with Daniel Thilo Schroeder and Jonas R. Kunst, based on a new paper on swarms with 22 authors (including myself) who just published in Science. (A preprinted version is hereand you can see WIRED’s coverage here.) Automated bots spreading misinformation have been a problem since the early days of social media, and…

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PPPL Launches STELLAR-AI Platform to Accelerate Fusion Energy Research

Newswise — A new computing platform that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with high-performance computing aims to end the bottleneck holding back fusion energy research by accelerating the simulations needed to advance the field. The project – known as Simulation, Technology and Experimentation Leveraging Research Accelerated by AI-Enabled Learning (STELLAR-AI) – will be led by the…

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