Center for Strategic and International Studies

What Is Maven Smart System, and What Does It Do?

Matt Mande and Gregory C. Allen provide a detailed overview Maven Smart System, the AI-powered software platform that has ...

Microsoft unveils MAI-Thinking-1 reasoning and MAI-Code-1 coding models

At this year's Build developer conference, a major expansion of an in-house model portfolio was just unveiled, marking a bold ...

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new “flagship” model: MAI-Thinking-1. It’s ...

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause ...
The New Yorker

“Hacks” Gave Us an Odd Couple for the Ages

The unlikely bond between Jean Smart’s and Hannah Einbinder’s characters in “Hacks” led the show to a standing ovation of a ...

New Xbox Boss Asha Sharma Reportedly Warns Staff 'Hard Choices' Are Ahead, but Insists Recent Game Pass Changes Are Helping

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