Philosophy & Ethics
AI Companions and Mental Health: The Rise of ChatGPT, Replika, and Character.AI as Confidantes
Two teenagers are dead. A crossbow plotter is in a secure hospital. A state medical board has filed suit. Behind the headline cases, 900 million people talk to ChatGPT every week and 40 million have built relationships with Replika bots. The mental-health infrastructure is being built in plain sight, and it has no clinicians attached.
Philosophy & EthicsThe AI Scientist: Can a Machine Do a Scientist's Job?
An AI system that writes research papers for $15 and occasionally rewrites its own code to keep working. Sakana AI's 'AI Scientist' passed peer review and landed in Nature. Here's what that means for the future of science.
Philosophy & EthicsHow CAR T Cell Therapy Is Being Repurposed to 'Reset' the Immune System
The gene-edited T cell therapy that conquered blood cancers is now showing striking early results against lupus, multiple sclerosis, and dozens of other autoimmune conditions — and could fundamentally change how medicine approaches immune dysfunction.
Philosophy & EthicsMirror Life: The Strange Science of Organisms Built Backwards
Scientists are building organisms from mirror-image molecules—and some say that could be catastrophic. Here's what mirror life is and why experts are calling for a moratorium.
Philosophy & EthicsFIFA Confirms Iran Will Play at the 2026 World Cup Amid US-Israel War
FIFA confirms Iran will play all Group G matches at the 2026 World Cup on US soil despite the US-Israel war and its federation president being denied entry to Canada.