Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Can Help You Get in Shape (Sorta)
Hershey announced a partnership with C4 Energy to make candy-flavored energy drinks and protein powders.
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…
September 2024
Small Business Owners Lose an Average of 7 Hours of Sleep Per Week — Here’s What’s Causing It
Stressed-out small business owners are losing sleep — and now we know exactly how much.
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The Download: bird flu concerns, and tracking AI’s impact on elections
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition,…
Small Business Owners Are Watching the Election — But They’re Deeply Skeptical
Small business owners are following election news closely — but will the outcome actually help their business? They’re not so sure.
How AI can help spot wildfires
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. In February 2024, a broken utility pole brought down power lines near the small town of Stinnett, Texas. In the following weeks, the fire reportedly sparked by that equipment grew to burn…
Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale of the spread is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition, 14 human cases have been reported in the US since March. Both are worrying developments, say virologists, who fear that the country’s meager response to the virus is…
AI-generated content doesn’t seem to have swayed recent European elections
AI-generated falsehoods and deepfakes seem to have had no effect on election results in the UK, France, and the European Parliament this year, according to new research. Since the beginning of the generative-AI boom, there has been widespread fear that AI tools could boost bad actors’ ability to spread fake content with the potential to…
‘Surprised and Disappointed’: All Independent Board Members of 23andMe Resign, Leaving Only the CEO
The independent directors had two reasons for resigning.
AI Cloning Hoax Can Copy Your Voice in 3 Seconds—and It’s Emptying Bank Accounts. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
“Millions” of people could be affected eventually, according to a UK-based bank.