Major AI players are getting in sync, but it’s what comes next that really matters
There has never before been a technology that has so quickly rallied the private sector to proactively seek government oversight.
Inside India’s scramble for AI independence
In Bengaluru, India, Adithya Kolavi felt a mix of excitement and validation as he watched DeepSeek unleash its disruptive language model on the world earlier this year. The Chinese technology rivaled the best of the West in terms of benchmarks, but it had been built with far less capital in far less time. “I thought:…
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TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to buy AI, ‘permissionless’ pilots, new VC disclosure rules
Founders want to know what new technology can do, but an investor is much more likely to ask about which specific problems it solves.
You need to talk to your kid about AI. Here are 6 things you should say.
In the past year, kids, teachers, and parents have had a crash course in artificial intelligence, thanks to the wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. In a knee-jerk reaction, some schools, such as the New York City public schools, banned the technology—only to cancel the ban months later. Now that many adults have caught up with…
‘Some Things You Can’t Replace’: 65% of Jobs in Las Vegas Will Be Replaced By Robots, According to a New Report
From robot bartenders to hotel check-in kiosks, technology is already taking over Sin City.
The Download: the climate tech companies to watch, and mysterious AI models
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. Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing…
We know remarkably little about how AI language models work
AI language models are not humans, and yet we evaluate them as if they were, using tests like the bar exam or the United States Medical Licensing Examination. The models tend to do really well in these exams, probably because examples of such exams are abundant in the models’ training data. Yet, as my colleague…
Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch
For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing their fields forward. This year, we’re launching a new list, recognizing companies making progress on one of society’s most pressing challenges: climate change. MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch will…
Envisics closes $100M to advance AR heads-up display tech in cars
Envisics, a UK-based holographics company building in-car technology that projects navigation, safety alerts and other data onto the inside of a windscreen, has closed a $100 million Series C round. The company announced the round’s first $50 million tranche in March, which brought Envisics up to a $500 million valuation. Envisics didn’t share an updated […]
The Download: how Yale University has prepared for ChatGPT, and schools’ AI reckoning
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 one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year For many people, the start of September marks the real beginning of the year. Back-to-school season always feels like a reset moment. However,…
How one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. For many people, the start of September marks the real beginning of the year. No fireworks, no resolutions, but fresh notebooks, stiff sneakers, and packed…