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Bethesda's 'Starfield' is a fabulous playable space opera with a forgettable story

In the massively-anticipated game Starfield, space exploration is its own reward. Good thing too, because the slow storyline isn't the star of the show.
- Swapna Krishna
An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing

The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.
- Geoff Brumfiel
Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down

Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests
- Shannon Bond
AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.
- Deepa Shivaram
Young professionals are turning to AI to create headshots. But there are catches

Generative artificial intelligence is helping some young professionals create realistic headshots for a fraction of the price. The results, however, raise questions about how AI is trained.
- Leigh Walden
New game by Elden Ring developer delivers ace apocalyptic mech combat

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware revived its long-dormant giant robot series and delivered stunning omnidirectional mech combat.
- Justin Lucas
India joins an elite club as first to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole

Scientists believe the south pole region might hold frozen water that could help future astronaut missions.
- The Associated Press
The biggest and best video game releases of the summer

From long-awaited epics like Baldur's Gate 3 to indie darlings like Dave the Diver, NPR staff review this summer's surprise hits and more.
- James Perkins Mastromarino
AI as a public utility? Seattleites discuss regulation of the technology

This week, leaders in artificial intelligence gathered in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood at the invitation of U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Their goals were to recommend ways to support the industry here and suggest regulations that protect people from unethical uses of AI.
- Joshua McNichols
What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots

In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to create misinformation and share harmful content.
- Shannon Bond

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