Artificial intelligence hides more complexity than any technology wave before it. Writing code, wiring APIs, and scaling infrastructure now feel effortless, but that ease conceals an expanding layer of invisible decisions beneath the surface. The hard problems have moved upward, into judgment, coordination, and systems thinking. Shawn “Swyx” Wang’s 2023 post is widely credited with defining the

Tech execs pushing to get agentic AI projects into production will have to surmount complicated challenges to prevent their efforts from failing, according to the CEO of a San Francisco-based AI startup. Companies need to establish a roadmap, outline deliverables, and experiment to achieve successful project execution, Curtis Northcutt, Co-founder and CEO of Cleanlab, said in an

Editor’s note: This Q&A was conducted by Computerworld Senior Writer Lucas Mearian shortly before his unexpected passing on Oct. 21, 2025. Contributing writer Agam Shah helped complete this story for publication. On Sept. 19, the US government announced plans to raise the one-time fee of an H-1B visa to employ foreign workers from $65,000 to $100,000.

AI firms believe that no matter how much ultra-sensitive data enterprises share with them, everything would be so much better if they simply shared more. The idea of “too much data” is as anathema to most AI vendors as profitability is to OpenAI.  OpenAI itself is pushing one of the more audacious plans to collect virtually all of

Attacks have gotten out of hand No amount of emphasis can truly demonstrate how dangerous the current threat landscape is. According to the latest ransomware report by Sophos, the average ransomware demand has now reached $1 million, while average recovery costs stand at $1.5 million. However, that’s not all. Some organizations are paying even higher

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The field of astrodynamics isn’t a magical discipline, but sometimes it seems trajectory analysts can pull a solution out of a hat. That’s what it took to save NASA’s ESCAPADE mission from a lengthy delay, and possible cancellation, after its rocket wasn’t ready to send it toward Mars during its appointed launch window

James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive statements, has died. He was 97. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his son Duncan, who said Watson died on Thursday in a hospice in East

Blue Origin stands ready to help NASA achieve its goals with regard to landing humans on the Moon as soon as possible, the company’s chief executive said Saturday in an interview with Ars. “We just want to help the US get to the Moon,” said Dave Limp, CEO of the space company founded by Jeff

Imagine answering a call and chatting away, only to find out minutes later that the “person” on the other end wasn’t human at all. Creepy? Impressive? Maybe a bit of both. That’s exactly what happened at the Global Fintech Fest 2025, where SquadStack.ai made waves by claiming its voice artificial intelligence had effectively passed the

Some news stories slip quietly under the radar, but every now and then, one comes along that feels like a preview of tomorrow. This week, Pixazo – a creative technology startup based in India – announced it’s adding AI video generation to its API suite. Sounds simple enough on paper, right? But if you’ve been