What is autonomic computing?
What is autonomic computing? By Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer — Published: Sep 08, 2025 Summary Autonomic computing describes systems that manage themselves with minimal human intervention, modelled on the human…
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals Summary Major UK publishers — including the Daily Mail, Guardian Media Group and industry body the Periodical Publishers Association…
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analog optical computer (AOC) using readily available components — micro-LEDs finer than a human hair, smartphone…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers on GitHub are pushing back after Copilot AI features began appearing and acting on repositories without…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI projects it will burn approximately $115 billion in cash between now and 2029 — about $80 billion more…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary University of Luxembourg researchers tested GPT-5 on an open mathematical problem: extending a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to include explicit…
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way Summary Researchers used fMRI recordings and a machine-learning classifier to show that different people’s brains represent…
Can researchers stop AI making up citations?
Can researchers stop AI making up citations? Summary OpenAI’s GPT-5 reduces the frequency of fabricated citations and other hallucinations compared with earlier models, but the problem is far from solved.…
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals Summary Major UK publishers, including the Daily Mail and Guardian Media Group, are pressing regulators to force Google to…
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Four years of work at Microsoft Research produced an analog optical computer (AOC) built from commercial components — micro‑LEDs, lenses and image…