As we have been reporting on Ars, NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission has been going rather well so far. Of course, Orion’s big test is yet to come with the fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere on Friday. But so far, it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there

On the same day that OpenAI released policy recommendations to ensure that AI benefits humanity if superintelligence is ever achieved, The New Yorker dropped a massive investigation into whether CEO Sam Altman can be trusted to actually follow through on OpenAI’s biggest promises. Parsing the publications side by side can be disorienting. On the one

On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027. The budget blueprint includes significant cuts to NASA, but it targets even more severe limits for other science-focused agencies, with no agencies spared. The document is laced with blatantly political language and resurfaces grievances that have been the subject of right-wing ire for years.

A federal appeals court ruled that New Jersey cannot regulate sports bets on prediction markets because the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction. Kalshi, which is registered with the CFTC as a designated contract market (DCM), last year won a preliminary injunction preventing the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement from enforcing

Adult AI chatbots are not growing just because they offer explicit content. That is part of the appeal, but it is not the whole story. For many users, the draw is a mix of sexual fantasy and AI companionship. It is also about attention, emotional comfort, and the ease of a conversation that feels personal,

NeuBird AI has closed a $19.3 million oversubscribed funding round led by Xora Innovation, with participation from Mayfield, StepStone Group, Prosperity7 Ventures and M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. The round reflects growing investor conviction that autonomous AI agents are the next frontier in enterprise IT infrastructure. The new capital will fuel product development, global go-to-market expansion,

The Orion spacecraft is now much closer to the Moon than Earth on its 10-day journey into deep space and back, and overall everything is going smashingly well. Things are going so well that, during the daily mission briefings at Johnson Space Center in Houston, there’s just not that much of substance to talk about.

A user on Quizlet, an online learning platform, created a public flashcard set in February that appears to have exposed highly confidential information about security procedures in US Customs and Border Protection facilities around Kingsville, Texas. The Quizlet set, titled “USBP Review,” was available to the public until March 20, when it was made private

More than 50,000 tech employees have lost their jobs so far this year. Asked why, most will say the same thing: artificial intelligence. Not because AI rose up and destroyed their workplaces, but because it assumed many of their responsibilities. And AI doesn’t draw a salary. So far this year, more than 50,000 tech workers

The Orion spacecraft successfully fired its main engine for 5 minutes and 50 seconds on Thursday, sending four astronauts on a free-return trajectory around the Moon. For NASA and the Artemis II crew members, this marked a point of no return for more than a week. About three-quarters of the American population has not witnessed