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The finale of the 'Risk and Precarity' series features R.U. Sirius and Vinay Gupta exploring several possibilities as an insurer of last resort. Can blockchain offer relief for the precariat?

The ERA system developed by Google and Harvard researchers dramatically speeds up the creation of custom programs used in scientific research and outperforms human-written code.

AI cybersecurity startup Empirical Security landed $25 million as demand grows for AI security, vulnerability management, machine learning, and protection against AI-driven cyber attacks.

Starlink drives record growth while aggressive AI investments and orbital data center plans signal multi-trillion-dollar ambitions beyond Earth.

Radiation-resistant graphene nanoribbon sensors survive fusion-level gamma exposure, opening new pathways for space and nuclear instrumentation.

Deutsche Bank report warns Chinese AI models face geopolitical barriers despite technical edge. Export controls, EU rules cap global spread.

Trans-Neu-Pest combines Swin Transformer and 3D reconstruction to spot camouflaged pests with 93.1% precision while running on low-power neuromorphic hardware.

Watch, Dr. Mihaela and James Tagg—co-founder of the Penrose Institute and holder of +200 patents—as they explore the radical edge where quantum physics, biology, and AI ethics converge.

Anthropic's Jared Kaplan warns humanity must decide by 2030 whether to let AI self-improve, risking an uncontrollable "intelligence explosion" or unlocking transformative benefits.