Dawn Song, UC Berkeley professor and founder of blockchain Oasis, joined Meta's Superintelligence Labs as VP of AI Research on June 25, focusing on AI safety and security. Her departure from Oasis rai…
Event Horizon Labs (EHL Markets), a San Francisco-based early-stage startup, develops AI agent systems for automated hypothesis generation and algorithmic trading strategy development in financial mar…
Researchers at UC Berkeley introduced LEVI, an AI-driven framework that optimizes systems algorithms at 3-7 times lower cost than existing methods. By using smaller, cheaper models for most mutations …
DataBridge, an open-source MCP server, achieves 61.37% on UC Berkeley's DataAgentBench using GLM-5.2, enabling AI agents to query heterogeneous databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, DuckDB) with det…
The Atlantic published an essay on June 21, 2026, by a UC Berkeley assistant professor who argues for slowing AI development despite acknowledging that AI could reduce cancer mortality by 95 percent, …
A UC Berkeley study of over 500,000 grades found that grades in writing- and coding-heavy courses jumped after ChatGPT launched, with the effect driven by homework rather than exams, indicating AI is …
Digital forensics expert Hany Farid warned that ordinary internet users can no longer reliably distinguish AI-generated images, video, or audio from real content, as deepfake content has grown by roug…
System Thinking Lab rebuilt its site around the idea that AI makes output cheap, but human judgment remains the critical skill. The site now offers free foundational knowledge and paid courses that bu…
A growing body of research shows that lifelong learning helps older adults maintain brain health, independence, and social connection. Studies indicate that actively engaging in new skills strengthens…
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a 16-element electronic nose chip that combines gas sensors and machine learning to identify food types, spoilage, and allergens, detecting as little as 0.05 …
Stanford University and UC Berkeley ranked third and seventh, respectively, in U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Global Universities list, maintaining top-10 positions amid federal research fu…
Nvidia's GEAR lab, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and UC Berkeley, developed the ENPIRE framework that enables AI coding agents to autonomously train fleets of physical robots on pre…
OpenAI plans to relaunch its robotics program, highlighting a race among AI labs to train physical-world machines. Startup XDOF, emerging from stealth with $70 million in funding, aims to solve the da…
Nvidia, Carnegie Mellon University, and UC Berkeley researchers developed ENPIRE, a system where AI coding agents autonomously train robots in dexterous grasping tasks. Using a fleet of eight robots t…
Researchers from UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Princeton, and Bespoke Labs found that current AI agents plateau within 24 hours on long-horizon coding tasks, while top humans continue improvi…
A 27-year-old camp counselor, Quaylin Wesley, was charged with eight felony counts for allegedly sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl at a summer camp on the UC Berkeley campus. The incidents occurr…
A UC Berkeley graduate who was laid off from an entry-level PR job seven months after starting found her next role by cold emailing hospitality businesses in the Bay Area. She created a targeted list …
Bay Area scientists are using artificial intelligence to study aging, aiming to predict biological age, detect early signs of age-related diseases, and identify factors for healthier longevity. Resear…
UC Berkeley's computer science enrollment decline is driven by supply-side constraints, not AI or job market fears, as the university reduced admissions targets and restricted course access due to ris…
PostgreSQL has evolved into a versatile data platform that can replace multiple specialized databases, handling relational storage, full-text search, vector AI workloads, geospatial queries, and event…