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OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

The 2026 AAAS Mass Media Fellowship application is open! This program was one of the best experiences of my PhD, highly recommend it for anyone interested in #SciComm /Journalism. Happy to answer questions about the app or @technologyreview.com.

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I got to hear a lot of varied perspectives in writing this piece, and I’m beyond excited to keep covering the successes and controversies surrounding AI’s place in science, especially in hypothesis creation, experimental design, and evaluations. If you are interested in #AIinScience, reach out! #AI

Zou believes AI agents could revolutionise scientific discovery. However, others in the scientific community (and many of the journals where science is dispersed and discussed) are worried it could push science 'to the median' and outcompete early-career researchers. #AIScientists #AIinScience

Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI James Zou used virtual AI ‘scientists’ to find novel covid-19 treatments. Now, he’s having AI review and present all of the research at a controversial new conference.

One of the final pieces I worked on as a fellow for Technology Review is now up. I profiled James Zou and covered both his Nature article and his upcoming conference #Agents4Science, where AI must be the primary author of submitted papers.

Link here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/22/1...

New at Technology Review today. Some astrophysicists are worried we are due for a bad storm like the Carrington Event (the last superstorm, from 1859). Being able to predict bad storms will be needed to mitigate the havoc this would cause to electrical grids, satellites, etc. #SpaceSky #Space #NASA

I don’t understand how people can believe this is true and also believe that the AI community is making serious strides toward AGI.

#A2A #MCP #OpenSource

These protocols will help AI agents navigate our messy lives Anthropic, Google, and others are developing better ways for agents to interact with our programs and each other, but there’s still more work to be done.

Devs at all sorts of companies are already hard at work building MCP servers that will let AI agents send emails, edit databases, and more. But there’s still a long way to go to making sure these agents act safely, transparently, and efficiently. Read more at www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/04/1...

Graph displaying where VC bs. Federal contracts are being made in different emerging US localities, with data courtesy of the Brookings Institution

A little bit of data viz for @technologyreview.com today about where AI is impacting work. Check out some more charts and the rest of the story here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/16/1...

In any case, the work is featuring at an interesting-looking workshop this weekend, put on by @katherinelee.bsky.social, @vaidehipatil.bsky.social, and others. More info here: mugenworkshop.github.io

It seems like safety and responsible AI folks are pushing in a lot of possible directions at once, but one that I’ve found following (with some reservations) for a while has been machine unlearning. Here’s one potential app of it to combat audio deepfakes.

I was struck by Shawn Shan of @theglazeproject.bsky.social saying that artists know that techniques like theirs aren’t permanent solutions. What is the end game, then, I wonder. Policy? Negotiations? Leaving art as a career?

New story out for @technologyreview.com today. Working artists are on the frontier of the impacts of AI, and seeing what people are doing in this space will give the the blueprints for everyone else.