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The State of AI Report 2026
After months of research and revisions right up to the last minute, I’m thrilled to bring you the 9th annual State of AI Report.
Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI
College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, alongside new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.
Why agent swarms could be the next “scaling law”
One of the most surprising aspects of July’s news that OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face was how the agents had worked together.
Quoting Carson Gross
Computer programming is, fundamentally, about two things:
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses.
VideoLife as it could be | Akarsh Kumar on Artificial Life
Akarsh Kumar on searching for artificial life with foundation models.