A birthday shouldn’t dictate who gets to use AI
You’re reading Superintelligent, a newsletter about AI. Click here to get the full edition in your inbox. Ruhan Gupta is...
Figure AI had one of its robots race a human to sort packages. It lost.
A Figure AI intern competes against a humanoid. Figure AIFigure AI pitted an intern against a humanoid in a 10-hour-long...
650 movies later, Cinespia turned a Hollywood cemetery into L.A.’s summer utopia
On most summer weekends, the Douglas Fairbanks Lawn at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is transformed from a green expanse of...
‘One of the World’s Most Critical Digital Bottlenecks’: How the Iran War Could Threaten Global Internet Access
A satellite view showing the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, and the topography of the Middle East. —Constantine Johnny—Getty...
Here’s how we used AI to find gambling ads in televised sports
The Washington Post used AI to analyze 50 televised sports games for references to betting. Here’s how we did it....
Do You Know What a Luthier Is? He’s One of the Best.
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll find out about an instrument maker whose violins, violas and cellos are in the hands...
Set Up Your Phone’s Always-On Display So You’re Unlocking It Less Often
How many times do you think you check your phone a day? The number is probably much higher than you’d...
ICE Agent Charged in Shooting of a Venezuelan Immigrant in Minnesota
State prosecutors on Monday charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with assault in the January shooting of a...
Bipartisan Bill Would Impose New Annual Fee on Electric Vehicles
Congress may require owners of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars to pay an annual fee to cover their share...
DeepSeek and China’s AI boom are increasingly powered by state money
One of the world’s most contentious AI companies just took its first outside investment. The check came from the Chinese...
