The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.
Science Daily

Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected

Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...

Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges

A new variation of the fake recruiter campaign from North Korean threat actors is targeting JavaScript and Python developers ...
UC Berkeley School of Information

Data Science Master’s Students Build AI Model For Elderly Users

Age VoicE, by Master of Information and Data Science alums Emma Choate, Vinith Kuruppu, and David Russell, aims to serve an ...

This MIT grad built an AI tool to show how hard Olympic figure skating actually is

At the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, NBC is using an AI tool developed by a former MIT researcher to help audiences understand just how mind-boggling the feats of today’s Olympic ...
Nature

How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science

Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process. Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it ...
Dark Reading

Asia Fumbles With Throttling Back Telnet Traffic in Region

Only Taiwan made the top 10 list of governments, effectively blocking the threat-ridden protocol, but overall, the region lagged in curbing Telnet traffic.
Dark Reading

Big Breach or Smooth Sailing? Mexican Gov't Faces Leak Allegations

Hacktivist group claims a 2.3-terabyte data breach exposes information of 36 million Mexicans, but no sensitive accounts are ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science

Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers. OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The ...
MIT Technology Review

Inside OpenAI’s big play for science

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...
The Boston Globe

Latest MIT climate model forecasts dangerous warming, despite surge in renewable energy

After yet another international climate summit ended last fall without binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels, a leading global climate model is offering a stark forecast for the decades ahead.