With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-models-simulate-wider-range-of-real-world-scenarios-0810)
- **Enterprise AI's real risk isn't autonomous agents. It's the complexity between them.** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/enterprise-ais-real-risk-isnt-autonomous-agents-its-the-complexity-between-them)
- **Connecting research to policy on Capitol Hill** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/connecting-research-to-policy-on-capitol-hill-0730)
- **MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-quantum-initiative-launches-postdoctoral-fellowship-0831)
- **Estimating suicide risk from text** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/estimating-suicide-risk-from-text-0924)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
13 Oct 2026
Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/data-center-demand-drives-66-surge-in-natural-gas-power-plant-costs/)
- **VentureBeat names Rob Strechay as its first Lead Analyst, expanding its enterprise AI research push** (VentureBeat AI)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/venturebeat-names-rob-strechay-as-its-first-lead-analyst-expanding-its-enterprise-ai-research-push)
- **It’s ‘incomprehensible’ that Instagram allowed an AI image of Mia Goth to spread, say her reps** (The Verge AI)
- [Read more](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1010277/mia-goth-instagram-ai-shirt-deepfake-divorce)
- **Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-and-record-every-conversation/)
- **Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/muse-wonder-puts-meta-back-at-the-ai-frontier/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
12 Oct 2026
Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’** (Wired AI)
- [Read more](https://www.wired.com/story/tristan-harris-tech-nonprofit-is-laying-off-most-staff-and-going-founder-led/)
- **Paving the way for greener ammonia production** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/paving-way-for-greener-ammonia-production-0820)
- **Solar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centers** (TechCrunch AI)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/solar-notches-another-win-as-microsoft-adds-475-mw-to-power-its-ai-data-centers/)
- **MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-projects-selected-funding-under-doe-genesis-mission-0723)
- **The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise** (MIT AI News)
- [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/medical-ai-assistance-benefits-vary-based-on-user-expertise-0804)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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