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How U.S. Appropriations Can Affect NASA’s Next Missions
Congressional funding decisions can reshape NASA mission schedules, science programs and long-term lunar plans well before any project…
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Why Earthquake Alerts Still Cannot Predict the Next Big Quake
Earthquake early warning detects a quake already in motion. It can provide seconds to act, but it cannot…
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Extreme Heat Warnings Are a Test of Whether Alerts Change Behavior
An extreme heat warning is more than a high-temperature forecast. Its value depends on whether people can understand…
Artificial Intelligence
The New AI Policy Fight Is About Who Gets to Set the Rules
The U.S. debate over AI regulation is increasingly a dispute over authority: whether Washington should set a national…
Artificial Intelligence
Why AI Assistants Need an Attention Budget
The next challenge for AI assistants is not doing more work, but knowing when a person should be…
Artificial Intelligence
Why AI Needs to Understand Time, Not Just Information
For AI assistants, knowing a fact is not enough. They must also know when it was true, what…
Artificial Intelligence
The Rise of the AI Activity Log: Why Agents Will Need Receipts for Their Decisions
AI agents need more than chat histories. Activity logs can show what they did, what information they used,…
Artificial Intelligence
Ambient AI Is Moving Beyond Apps—and Into Everyday Spaces
Ambient AI describes context-aware assistance built into devices and environments. Its potential convenience comes with difficult questions about…
Artificial Intelligence
The Rise of Synthetic Customers in Product Testing
AI-generated customers can speed up product research, but simulated feedback is not the same as evidence from real…
Artificial Intelligence
How AI Browser Agents Could Change the Web
AI browser agents could shift parts of the web from people clicking through pages to software comparing options,…