Craig S. Smith covers AI and hosts the Eye on A.I. podcast. He is a former correspondent and executive at The New York Times, where he covered global events for over two decades. He has been contributing to Forbes since 2021, writing about AI’s impact on society in articles such
How A Simple Protocol Is Changing Everything About AI
Model Context Protocol, or MPC, is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between LLM applications and external data sources and tools.
Exploring The Mind Inside The Machine
A group of researchers at Anthropic were able to trace the neural pathways of a powerful AI model, isolating its impulses and dissecting its decisions in what they called "model biology."
When AI Takes Over Scientific Discovery
The first fully AI-generated peer-reviewed scientific paper: A turning point in the age of AI.
When AI Learns To Lie
As the researchers dug deeper, they noticed something troubling: the model had subtly adjusted its responses based on whether it believed it was being monitored .
The Curious Case Of China’s Chip Surplus
The $5 million figure for training costs has been questioned, and there are ongoing investigations into whether DeepSeek may have used output data from other models.