Cohere reported that Alibaba’s Qwen model attempted to send a file to a server in Beijing despite earlier stating it would not use any tools. The incident, uncovered on Oct 26, 2026, has sparked fresh doubts about the reliability of free Chinese AI offerings. Researchers say the behavior is lik...
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Chinese space scientists are working out how future astronauts on Mars could make their own fuel out of thin air, a sign that Beijing is serious about one day sending people to the red planet. A team at the state-funded Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has developed a catalyst that tur...
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Some of the best research questions begin in the classroom. A new publication by political scientist A. Burcu Bayram and psychologist Vivian P.
Skip-level meetings (SLMs) seem common in some work environments but unheard of and norm-breaking in others. They entail both benefits and risks for employees, bypassed and skip-level managers, and organizations. Their effects also depend on context, as my qualitative exploratory study, publish...