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Reporting on the machines learning to think — and the people teaching them.

The Mind in the Machine
Investigation

The Mind in the Machine

Inside the labs racing to build artificial reasoning — and the philosophers asking whether anyone has bothered to define what reasoning means.

Helena Whitfield · May 13, 2026

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The Grid That Learned
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The Grid That Learned

How a single power utility in the American Midwest handed the wheel to a model — and what happened on the night it disagreed.

Marcus Adeyemi · May 10, 2026

The Quiet Watt
Climate

The Quiet Watt

The data centers training tomorrow's models are reshaping rural geographies — and the energy maps no one bothered to update.

Tomás Reyes · May 5, 2026

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