Ready for a fresh set of puzzles? Click here for the September/October 2026 Puzzle Corner, brought to you by Michael S. Branicky, ScD ’95, of the Puzzle Corner Puzzle Crew (aka PC2), which also includes Edward Faulkner ’03, MEng ’04, and Abe Kunin ’03. This column includes solutions to the May/June ...
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Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
—James O’Donnell
Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and ...
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Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It...
Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and cover product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists’ music while ensuring a...
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AI for science needs reasoning, not just data
—Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Sciences, and Suhas Mahesh, who leads the...