AI Reddit Digest

Will Virtual Reality ever take off? After spending $73 billion, Meta has abandoned its metaverse VR efforts.

10 years ago, many people would have thought 2026 would see widespread use of VR, but we're still waiting. Oddly, just...

Do you feel any improvements?

We have technology that looks like a magic. And all this is real, not imaginary, not a paper tigers. Economically,...

Is it time for Europe to abandon the US's Artemis Accords and work more closely with China in Space instead?

That countries have "No permanent friends, only permanent interests," is a famous dictum of diplomacy. Europeans,...

What’s a trend you’re convinced will disappear in a few years?

No hate - just curiosity.

Warren Buffett compares AI risks to those posed by nuclear weapons: 'The genie is out of the bottle'

Is it universally accepted (or proven via physics) that it will never be possible to survive rabies after symptoms have manifested? Or is it possible that humanity will make it survivable?

Obviously, this topic deals with future possibilities only - it's universally fatal now, and if you fear being exposed...

AI regulation isn't about 'Innovation', it's about National Security. New research says that, even without malevolent intent, AI's inherent design is toxic to the institutions that underpin democracies & we must urgently redesign those institutions.

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. AI’s most...

So, the smartphone has hit it’s peak form, what comes after this?

I have been racking my brain on what the next “smartphone” product will be. In the early 2000s, we had this massive...

AI Risks Leaving 25% of New College Grads Jobless, Senator Says

Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts

AI’s Hacking Skills Are Approaching an ‘Inflection Point’ | AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

Chinese AI Developers Say They Can’t Beat America Without Better Chips

Danish researchers say that a tiny protein tweak could unlock nitrogen-fixing super-crops that slash global fertilizer demand.

Danish scientists have discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome...

Are Solid-State Batteries and In-Wheel Motors Coming for Electric Sports Cars?

Biohacking your own medicines is only going to get easier & the vogue for Chinese peptide use in California shows us plenty of people will want to take advantage.

The TLDR of the linked article is that there has been a surge in the use of imported Chinese peptide medicines in...

Nordic Nano, billionaire cash, and Donut labs battery

If you've seen the CES 2026 presentation and videos on battery technology advertised by Donut Labs, created by Nordic...

Energy abundance might change politics more than technology!!

If clean energy really does get cheap and everywhere the impact probably goes far beyond climate goals. For a long...