Outdated and over-precautionary safety regulation is holding back nuclear power. A bold rethink is urgently needed to enable capacity expansion at lower cost. This is vital to unlock nuclear’s unique potential to meet fast-rising demand for reliable, affordable electricity while also driving down greenhouse gas emissions.

A century ago, amid famine and revolution, the US mounted a huge humanitarian relief mission, feeding millions in Soviet Russia. As the war in Ukraine drags on, this forgotten act reminds us that compassion is not weakness but geopolitical wisdom.

Large-language models are being used intensively by both sides in the Ukraine war, demonstrating their potential for offensive propaganda, but also how far they can help defend against political disinformation. Can AI help democracies win the information war?

Large-language models are being used intensively by both sides in the Ukraine war, demonstrating their potential for offensive propaganda, but also how far they can help defend against political disinformation. Can AI help democracies win the information war?

As large language models become more and more used in academic and other kinds of writing so model hallucinations risk introducing errors, which can propagate as they become accessed as training data. Without counter-action, this process risks creating feedback loops of misinformation and finally model collapse.