Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason

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MIT Technology Review • Thore Graepel • October 2, 2026

In March 2016, AlphaGo played move 37 in a match against Lee Sedol, a professional Go player who initially believed the computer relied solely on probability. Lee later admitted that seeing this move convinced him AlphaGo was creative. Unlike Deep Blue’s chess victory in 1997, which used hard-coded rules and brute-force calculation, AlphaGo faced a vastly more complex game where computing all outcomes would take billions of years. The author argues that move 37 resulted from genuine reasoning powers that today’s AI lacks, rather than pure machine intuition.

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A new contest pits competitors against each other in a race to biological youth

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MIT Technology Review • Jessica Hamzelou • October 2, 2026

A new contest called Younger challenges participants to reverse their biological age over six months. Organized by Christin Glorioso, founder of NeuroAge Therapeutics, the event aims to create a comprehensive dataset on aging clocks. These tools measure health markers like DNA chemical signatures, blood proteins, and organ function to estimate how old a person truly is compared to their chronological age. While scientists use these clocks to study development, estimating an individual’s biological age remains controversial because the technology is not yet precise enough for personal diagnosis.

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NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift

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Ars Technica •
Stephen Clark
• October 1, 2026

An attempt to save NASA’s $500 million Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from dropping out of orbit fell short, but the behind-the-scenes machinations required just to make a rescue possible deserve recognition, government and commercial space officials said in a recounting of the mission.

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