A near-autonomous AI chemist improves a challenging reaction in medicinal chemistry

Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursd…

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

PSA: A change to Google's privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here's how to opt out.

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Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.

Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.