For the past few days I’ve been testing an impressive open-weight AI coding model called Flint. It suggests that fully recursive self-improvement, or RSI—an exciting and controversial approach that ...

Solid-state battery specialist Factorial Energy is teaming up with Mitsui Kinzoku, one of the few companies producing sulfide-based solid electrolytes, to scale up the promising new technology.

As the dean of Harvard College, David J. Deming believes one of his responsibilities is to help shape the college’s response to generative AI. How should teaching change to ensure that students’ work ...

Factorial Funds, a venture firm launched five years ago by former Cruise engineer Sol Bier, has crossed $1 billion in realized profits, according to a letter the firm is sharing with its investors.

It's a common occurrence: You have your fully charged laptop plugged in before you, but your smartphone is seriously lagging behind. So, you unplug the charger from your laptop and use it with your ...

For years now Tim Holme has watched the same drama repeat itself roughly once a week. A headline arrives: some laboratory somewhere has cracked the problem, invented the battery of the future, solved ...

BOSTON, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Factorial Energy Inc. ("Factorial") (Nasdaq: FAC), a global leader in solid-state battery technology, today announced financial and business results for the ...

The up-to-$12 billion artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery collaboration of Recursion, Roche, and its Genentech subsidiary marked a milestone Wednesday when plans were announced for Recursion ...

On Tuesday, the AI company Recursive Superintelligence announced a $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, is ...

The US AI research company Anthropic has become known for building powerful AI models while simultaneously warning about their dangers. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not ...