World Models: AI’s Next Frontier, Explained
If LLMs predict the next word, world models predict a scene’s next state. Here’s how they work, and what Genie 3 and Marble actually change. Read more »
Autonomous Driving
456m Mars Drive: Why NASA Let AI Navigate Perseverance
Four hundred fifty-six meters. That is how far a Mars drive planned entirely by artificial intelligence carried NASA’s Perseverance rover across the rocky rim of Jezero Crater in December 2025. For 28 years, every waypoint a Mars rover followed had been handpicked by human planners on Earth — until Anthropic’s Claude drew the route instead. Read more »
Starship 2+ Years Late: NASA Scraps Moon Landing, Bets on 2028
Ten tanker launches. More than 200 days of fuel pre-positioning in orbit. A crewed vehicle that has never achieved stable Earth orbit across 11 test flights. These are the engineering prerequisites standing between Starship and the Moon — and as of March 2026, not a single one has been demonstrated. Read more »