Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections. Geoff Brumfiel
With help from monkeys, scientists build a leaner AI brain Scientists have created an AI version of a monkey brain that recognizes images without requiring the massive computing power of existing AI systems. Jon Hamilton
Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information. Bobby Allyn
Hegseth threatens to cancel Anthropic's $200 million contract over "woke AI" concerns The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk. Bobby Allyn
How long until AI takes your job? Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. Two experts talk through how and whether that could happen. Courtney Dorning
There's a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry? Memory chips (aka RAM) are in short supply, globally. Why and what does that mean for consumers Scott Simon
NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission NASA's Jared Isaacman slammed Boeing for failures with its Starliner spacecraft, which was deemed unsafe to return its crew of two astronauts from the International Space Station Brendan Byrne
Michael Pollan says AI may 'think' — but it will never be conscious "Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level. Terry Gross
Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon's trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business. Alina Selyukh
Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they've created? Anthropic is one of the world's most powerful AI firms. New Yorker writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how they're trying to make chatbot Claude more ethical, and the implications of AI's widening use. Tonya Mosley