Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to advise Microsoft and Anthropic
Former Conservative PM Rishi Sunak served from 2022 to 2024. Britain’s Acoba flagged concerns of granting “unfair access” to Anthropic and Microsoft.
The Pentagon is planning for AI companies to train on classified data, defense official says
The Pentagon is discussing plans to set up secure environments for generative AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data, MIT Technology Review has learned. AI models like Anthropic’s Claude are already used to answer questions in classified settings, including for analyzing targets in Iran. But allowing models to train on…
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UK slaps Google Search with special market status, making way for stricter regulations
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The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
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. How do our bodies remember? “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
Attentive readers might have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to recover from a bout of illness. It got me thinking about the immune system, and how little I know about my own immune health. The vast array of cells, proteins, and biomolecules that works to defend us from…