After Two Years of Delays, Apple Finally Unveiled Its Completely Rebuilt Siri AI. Here’s What It Can Do.
Built partly on Google’s Gemini technology, the long-anticipated new Siri takes direct aim at ChatGPT and Claude.
Colleges Want Students to Sign Up for Degree Programs in This Emerging Field: ‘We’re Basically the Test Subjects’
This degree has recently exploded in popularity as students try to keep up with technology.
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The Download: whole-body rejuvenation drugs and five things to know about AI
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. David Sinclair plans to test whole-body rejuvenation drugs in the XPrize competition The outspoken longevity scientist David Sinclair has predicted that, one day, you’ll go to the doctor and get a…
Learning to lead in a hybrid human-AI enterprise
As adoption of AI agents looks set to surge by as much as 300% in the next two years, leadership teams are carefully considering the implications of a hybrid human-AI workforce. Unlike existing enterprise-level automation that relies on manual input, AI agents are capable of autonomously coordinating complex tasks, interacting with multiple tools and environments across…
David Sinclair plans to test whole-body rejuvenation drugs in the XPrize competition
The outspoken longevity scientist David Sinclair has been predicting that one day, you’ll go to the doctor and get a prescription that will make you 10 years younger. Now MIT Technology Review has learned that he has plans to launch human tests of an oral “reprogramming” drug as part of a $101 million competition organized…
Five things you need to know about AI
At SXSW London last week I gave a talk called “Five things you need to know about AI,” in which I shared what I think are the biggest themes in AI right now. I pulled a few things from our first AI10 list, an annual guide to the most important trends in this buzzy world,…
The Download: how the World Cup ball will fly and OpenAI’s “super app”
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 this year’s World Cup ball may not fly as far Much is new about this month’s FIFA World Cup tournament. It hosts more teams than ever before. It’s the first…
Why this year’s World Cup ball may not fly as far
Much is new about this month’s upcoming FIFA World Cup tournament, which will be held in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It hosts more teams than ever before. It’s the first to occur in three different host countries. And, like predecessor cups for over half a century, it will employ a soccer ball with a…
Zoom and Google Already Had This Product. But He Built It Anyway and Hit $1.5 Billion: ‘Care More About Your Particular Problem’
Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in a market that Zoom and Google already owned. His secret had nothing to do with technology.
The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains
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. The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos On Monday, reports emerged that attackers had used Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach was…
Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?
This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people interact with digital technologies. Early…