Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
Demis Hassabis: Who Will Share in AI’s Scientific Promise?
The Wall Street Journal’s October 21 profile of Demis Hassabis explores his ambition to accelerate scientific discovery and drug development through AI. It raises an equally consequential question: who will […]
DuoDiscover: AI Agents Advance Software and Processor Design
In complex engineering, proposing an improvement can be easier than proving that it works. When a...
Mathematics at Machine Speed
On October 6, OpenAI posted 722 mathematical manuscripts produced by an unreleased internal model,...
AI Is No Longer Waiting to Be Asked
Work can be delegated. Answerability cannot. At DevDay on September 29, 2026, OpenAI introduced...
The One Thing AI Cannot Give Itself
Claude now leads a quarter of Anthropic's model R&D. Self-improvement is not...
AI Reaches a Frontier of Mathematics: When a Machine Produces a Proof, What Must Humanity Do Next?
On September 8, OpenAI announced that an unreleased internal model, running roughly 10,000...
GPT-6 Astra Crosses a New Capability Threshold
Frontier AI is moving from generating answers to conducting research, operating computers, and...
BGF – AIWS Responds To Bill Gates: The Time To Act Is Now
On August 26, 2026, Bill Gates published a 6,000-word essay on Gates Notes, “The turbulent AI era...
AIWS Home: Empowering People to Lead AI and Master Their Lives
Initiated on August 14, 2026, AIWS Home will officially begin operations on September 23,...