Science & Tech
Berkeley Statistician Doesn’t Like Our Odds with AI
By Lizzy Rager, M.J. ’27Leading a faculty group on AI risks, Will Fithian warns labs are playing "Russian roulette" with humanity.
From Vision to Venture
By Nathalia AlcantaraHow Berkeley became a leading launchpad for startups
Historic Haul
By Leah WorthingtonThe UC system set a world record with five Nobels in one year. Four of them have connections to Berkeley.
Morality-GPT
By Daniela X. Sandoval, M.J. ’26Chatbots can have moral personalities of their own, Berkeley researchers say.
Behold Berkelocene
By Emily Grace Putnam ’25Created at Berkeley Lab, the novel compound may unlock new insights into nuclear waste.
Building Resistance
By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25Simple measures like home hardening could cut the scope of fire destruction by up to half.
The Tealest Teal
By Emily Grace Putnam ’25Meet olo, a new color visible only through a high-precision laser at Berkeley.
Spotlight: Genius Bears
By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25Meet Berkeley’s recent MacArthur Fellows
The Edge Episode 30: What If Seeing Is No Longer Believing?
Our talk with Cal professor and digital forensics expert Hany Farid on authenticating media in the age of increasingly credible fake news
The Edge Episode 29: Will AI Be Humanity’s Last Act? with Stuart Russell
The distinguished computer science professor explores the promises and perils of the AI revolution.
I, Naturalist
By Nathalia AlcantaraHow a Berkeley-born app has led to one of the largest biodiversity datasets on Earth
May the Best Bot Win
By Nathalia AlcantaraStarted as a student side project, Chatbot Arena is now the AI industry’s scoreboard—and a $100 million startup
