What is an “AI swarm,” and why is it giving tech experts nightmares?

What is an "AI swarm," and why is it giving tech experts nightmares?

Central to the dire warnings about the potential danger of artificial intelligence to humanity is the risk that a “swarm” of AI agents could collaborate in nefarious ways, like hordes of digital extras from “The Matrix.” Such fears have intensified following an attack by OpenAI bots this summer on another AI developer, Hugging Face, in … Read more

Aaron Donald: Game wasn’t as fast as I thought

Aaron Donald: Game wasn't as fast as I thought

SoFi Stadium received a jolt of energy before Monday night’s game when Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was the final defensive starter announced to the home crowd. Donald said the response from that crowd “cheered me up a little bit” as he ran onto the field for the first time since deciding to end the … Read more

‘Great for our water supply’: BYU study examines how rock glaciers fit into Utah’s water puzzle

'Great for our water supply': BYU study examines how rock glaciers fit into Utah's water puzzle

PROVO — In the Beehive State and throughout the Mountain West, enormous reserves of water are frozen, protected and hidden beneath some of the region’s most impressive mountain ranges. Utah’s Mount Timpanogos is home to one of these hidden supplies, called a rock glacier, which feeds Emerald Lake near the mountain’s summit. higher elevations. Rock … Read more

Gulf leaders meet Trump with two fears: more war and less US protection

Gulf leaders meet Trump with two fears: more war and less US protection

US President Donald Trump’s allies in the Persian Gulf will meet him in New York on Tuesday as he weighs whether to “annihilate” the Iranian regime. He’s already been talked out of a major escalation once before. This time they fear they will be drawn deeper into the war just as Washington seeks a way … Read more

Mathematicians learn little from AI completing unsolved problem : NPR

Mathematicians learn little from AI completing unsolved problem : NPR

Tristan Buckmaster is a mathematician at New York University. He poses for a portrait in his Manhattan office on September 11, 2026. Buckmaster and his collaborator Levent Alpöge have been working on the Navier-Stokes equations. They are clashing with OpenAI, which claims to have solved the equations. Karsten Moran/for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption … Read more