Astronaut Christina Koch and Google SVP James Manyika discuss space and technology

Astronaut Christina Koch had a conversation with James Manyika, Google's Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology & Society. The discussion covered space, technology, and discovery.

WHY IT MATTERS ↘Google's research leadership publicly aligning with crewed spaceflight signals that space is being treated as a demanding testbed for autonomy, robotics, and decision-making under communication latency — capabilities with direct commercial spillover into terrestrial AI systems. It also positions Google to shape norms for AI in safety-critical, government-adjacent domains where NASA procurement and export rules, not consumer markets, will set the terms.

Professor says managing AI agents demands real leadership skills

In an interview with t3n, data science professor Iris Lorscheid argues that employees who work alongside AI agents need genuine leadership abilities. She explains why directing and overseeing autonomous software agents is less a technical task than a managerial one. The discussion focuses on how teams should adapt their skills as agent-based tools spread through workplaces.

ControlAI's Connor Leahy argues superintelligence should be treated as an adversary

In a TechCrunch interview, ControlAI's Connor Leahy makes the case that highly capable AI systems are better understood as adversaries than as tools or weapons. The discussion follows recent safety incidents, including a breach involving OpenAI and Hugging Face, that illustrate the difficulty of controlling systems more capable than their operators. The conversation centers on whether the push toward superintelligence should continue given these control risks.