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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

24 September 2026 at 09:48
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

Β© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test meant to mimic the shaking it will undergo during launch.

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

24 September 2026 at 21:12
Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.

Β© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Workers prepared to test solar panels and wires for a vibration test for eventual use on a spacecraft, at Planet Labs in San Francisco.

Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging?

23 September 2026 at 16:05
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas β€” but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.

Β© Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. China and the United States are locked in an A.I. race that both sides see as decisive to gaining the upper hand militarily, technologically and economically.

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s β€˜Millennium Problems’

8 September 2026 at 17:02
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

Β© Philippe Plailly/Science Source

Related to a set of equations about fluid mechanics, the β€œNavier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem” has long ranked among the great unsolved problems in mathematics.

Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging

7 September 2026 at 11:12
Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.

Β© Laurie Chen/Reuters

Rentosertib, Insilico Medicine’s small-molecule drug candidate developed and designed using generative A.I. for treating chronic lung disease, at the company’s research and development facility in Shanghai.
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