An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary: Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world ...
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Hydrogen could be used for nearly everything. It probably shouldn’t be. : Experts say it’s crucial to consider how the low-emissions fuel is used.
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Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust.
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Want less mining? Switch to clean energy.: The mining burden of new energy technologies is smaller than that of fossil fuels, according to a new report.
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The Download: hyperrealistic deepfakes, and clean energy’s implications for mining
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A new kind of gene-edited pig kidney was just transplanted into a person: A New Jersey woman is the second living pig kidney recipient
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Quick Glance: Revolutionary Transplant: Heart Pump and Pig Kidney
- The first transplant surgery combining a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.
- The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano from New Jersey, received the heart pump and pig kidney due to heart failure and end-stage kidney disease.
- Experts view xenotransplants as crucial to addressing organ shortages by transplanting animal organs into humans.
- Gene editing aims to prevent the human immune system from rejecting the animal organs, facilitating successful transplantations.
Job titles of the future: AI prompt engineer: A new–and increasingly common–role helps guide generative AI.
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Quick Glance: Microsoft's Leadership in AI Threatens Amazon Cloud Dominance
- Microsoft is poised to potentially surpass Amazon in the cloud computing market with innovative AI features.
- Upcoming quarterly reports from Microsoft will illuminate the impacts of AI investments.
- Microsoft's Azure cloud service could experience significant growth fueled by generative AI.
- Google and Amazon are also focusing on integrating AI into their cloud services.
Almost every Chinese keyboard app has a security flaw that reveals what users type
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Quartz, cobalt, and the waste we leave behind: Three books reveal just how tragic a toll the materials we rely on take for humans and the environment.
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The Build issue: Who says we can’t still build things? In this issue: a look at the robots we’ve always wanted; a new model for space exploration; and efforts to ...
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How we transform to a fully decarbonized world: A world powered by electricity from abundant, renewable resources is now within reach.
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This creamy vegan cheese was made with AI: Climax Foods and other companies are using machine learning to create convincing replacements for conventional dairy ...
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Three takeaways about the state of Chinese tech in the US: As Chinese consumer tech giants retreat from the global spotlight, a batch of climate tech companies ...
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The Download: introducing the Build issue: Plus: the US has passed the bill that could make banning TikTok a reality
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This solar giant is moving manufacturing back to the US: Tariffs and IRA tax incentives are starting to reshape global supply chains—but vast challenges lie ...
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This architect is cutting up materials to make them stronger and lighter: Emily Baker hopes her designs can make it cheaper and easier to build stuff in disaster ...
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Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided: We need more research, including outdoor experiments, to make better-informed decisions about such ...
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The Download: the future of geoengineering, and how to make stronger, lighter materials
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Politics in the AI era | LinkedIn: 2024 is a banner year for elections across the world. How will the rise of AI change politics? Join MIT Technology Review ...
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These artificial snowdrifts protect seal pups from climate change: The human-built habitats shield the pups from predators and the freezing cold ...
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The Download: saving seals with artificial snow, and AI’s effects on politics: Plus: anti-woke AI models are on the rise
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A brief, weird history of brainwashing: L. Ron Hubbard, Operation Midnight Climax, and stochastic terrorism—the race for mind control changed America forever.
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It’s time to retire the term “user”: The proliferation of AI means we need a new word.
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Three ways the US could help universities compete with tech companies on AI innovation
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Beyond Neuralink: Meet the other companies developing brain-computer interfaces: Companies like Synchron, Paradromics, and Precision Neuroscience are also racing ...
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The Download: Neuralink’s biggest rivals, and the case for phasing out the term “user”
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The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit: Axiom Space and other companies are betting they can build private structures to replace the International ...
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Hydrogen trains could revolutionize how Americans get around: Decarbonizing rail transportation is a political problem as much as a technological one.
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The Download: American’s hydrogen train experiment, and why we need boring robots
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How to build a thermal battery: Systems that store energy as heat could help cut emissions from heavy industry.
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Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk: Robots might need to become more boring to be useful.
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Taking AI to the next level in manufacturing: Reducing data, talent, and organizational barriers to achieve scale.
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AI was supposed to make police bodycams better. What happened?: New AI programs that analyze bodycam recordings promise more transparency but are doing little to ...
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The Download: commercializing space, and China’s chip self-sufficiency efforts: Plus: Starlink is going after internet bootleggers
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Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficient: Chip companies from the US and China are developing new materials to reduce reliance on a ...
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How to stop a state from sinking: Louisiana’s southwestern coastline faces some of the most severe climate predictions in the US. Can a government-led project ...
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How thermal batteries are heating up energy storage: The systems, which can store clean energy as heat, were chosen by readers as the 11th Breakthrough ...
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The Download: the problem with police bodycams, and how to make useful robots: Plus: AI startups are training their models on OpenAI's data
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Three reasons robots are about to become more way useful : We're inching ever-closer to them being able to handle household tasks.
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The race to fix space-weather forecasting before next big solar storm hits: Solar activity can knock satellites off track, raising the risk of collisions ...
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The effort to make a breakthrough cancer therapy cheaper: CAR-T cells could revolutionize the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, if only we can make them ...
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A brief, weird history of brainwashing: L. Ron Hubbard, Operation Midnight Climax, and stochastic terrorism—the race for mind control changed America forever.
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The Download: a history of brainwashing, and America’s chipmaking ambitions: Plus: Humane's Ai Pin has not been well received
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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?: Researchers are using generative AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills—including tasks they could ...
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This US startup makes a crucial chip material and is taking on a Japanese giant: Federal funding is spurring US companies like Thintronics to disrupt ...
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The inadvertent geoengineering experiment that the world is now shutting off: As the air gets cleaner, the world is also losing an important cooling effect.
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The Download: AI is making robots more helpful, and the problem with cleaning up pollution
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