Research Correspondent
Elena Voss covers model development and the ideas behind new research. Her beat follows the distance between a promising paper and a result that holds up outside the lab. She favors clear explanations, original sources and questions that a benchmark score alone cannot answer.
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The landscape of artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming, with AI agents moving beyond simple task execution to exhibit more sophisticated "thinking models." This evolution, however, comes wit...
Read article →The latest season of HBO's "Industry" has pivoted its focus to the volatile world of fintech, and remarkably, it's doing a better job of portraying the intricacies of tech fraud than almost any other ...
Read article →Lee Douglas, Deep Tech Correspondent An unconventional protest is brewing in California, spearheaded by an AI startup founder who plans to organize a "March for Billionaires" to oppose the state's pr...
Read article →The "Trump Phone," a project that has been met with both skepticism and fervent anticipation, has resurfaced with a revealed design for its T1 model and a clearer, though still uncertain, timeline for...
Read article →Amazon's stock tumbled 7% on Friday following a massive $200 billion capital expenditures forecast for 2026, a figure that has sent ripples of concern through the investment community. CNBC's Jim Cra...
Read article →Lee Douglas, Deep Tech Correspondent Valve's ambitious Steam Machine, a hardware venture aimed at bringing PC gaming to the living room, is facing a potential crisis as component costs, particularly ...
Read article →In a watershed moment for the ride-hailing industry and passenger safety, a federal jury in Phoenix has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a passenger who alleged sexual assault by a driver in 2023. ...
Read article →The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is subtly but significantly altering its approach to examining patents for artificial intelligence and machine learning inventions, driven by a pivotal app...
Read article →The promise of AI-powered mental health support is substantial, offering scalable, accessible interventions. However, a new qualitative study from China highlights significant user apprehension among ...
Read article →Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are pushing the boundaries of what machines can perceive and understand, offering novel solutions for complex scene reconstruction, anomaly detection, a...
Read article →Lee Douglas, Deep Tech Correspondent AI's relentless advance is triggering an unprecedented surge in capital spending among the titans of Big Tech, with four major US companies collectively forecasti...
Read article →Sapiom, a nascent startup poised to revolutionize enterprise finance, has successfully closed a $15 million seed funding round, spearheaded by prominent venture capital firm Accel. The company is buil...
Read article →The rapidly evolving landscape of AI agents has taken a significant leap forward with the recent release of Opus 4.6, a development that is already shaking up agentic leaderboards and sparking renewed...
Read article →The intricate dance between advanced hardware and sophisticated artificial intelligence is accelerating robot development, promising a new era of capabilities. This week, The Robot Report Podcast brou...
Read article →OpenAI's leadership is finding itself in an unusual public spat, defending its positions and engaging in online skirmishes with rivals and critics alike. This week, CEO Sam Altman and other executive...
Read article →Nvidia's stock surged a remarkable 7.87% on Friday, closing at a new high after CEO Jensen Huang offered a strong endorsement of the massive capital expenditures currently being poured into AI infrast...
Read article →Daytona, a Croatian-founded startup focused on building the foundational infrastructure for large-scale AI agent operations, has successfully closed a $24 million Series A funding round. The round was...
Read article →A recent military AI summit concluded with a stark division among nations, as only 35 countries signed a declaration championing "human responsibility over AI-powered weapons." The absence of the Unit...
Read article →This week's research deluge offers dual breakthroughs: an AI framework called STProtein promises to unlock spatial protein data by predicting its expression from more accessible transcriptomic informa...
Read article →Lee Douglas, PhD, Stanford Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming software development, with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-5.2, Claude-4.5 Opus, and Gemini-3 Pro now capable of gener...
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