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The Download: AI companion dangers, and supersonic planes
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. An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has been talking to an AI girlfriend, “Erin,” on…
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Advancing to adaptive cloud
For many years now, cloud solutions have helped organizations streamline their operations, increase their scalability, and reduce costs. Yet, enterprise cloud investment has been fragmented, often lacking a coherent organization-wide approach. In fact, it’s not uncommon for various teams across an organization to have spun up their own cloud projects, adopting a wide variety of…
The Download: AC habits, and Starliner’s stranded astronauts
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. Your AC habits aren’t unique. Here’s why that’s a problem. —Casey Crownhart When I get home in the evening on a sweltering summer day, the first thing I do is crank up my…
Your AC habits aren’t unique. Here’s why that’s a problem.
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. When I get home in the evening on a sweltering summer day, the first thing I do is beeline to my window air-conditioning units and crank them up. People across the city,…
The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms
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 covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His…
What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. There’s a decent chance you’ve heard of hydrogen-powered vehicles but never seen one. Over 18,000 are in the US, almost exclusively in California. On the outside they look just like traditional vehicles,…
How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, the former evolutionary biology professor turned contrarian podcaster Bret Weinstein, agreed with him: The “evidence” that AIDS is not caused by HIV is, he said, “surprisingly compelling.”…
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award winner who is considered one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, is throwing his weight behind a project funded by the UK government to embed safety mechanisms into AI systems. The project, called Safeguarded AI, aims to build an AI system that can check whether other AI systems deployed in…
The Download: climate-friendlier air conditioners, and fighting explicit deepfakes
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. Your future air conditioner might act like a battery Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in buildings, a share that’s expected to rise as the planet warms and more of the world…
Your future air conditioner might act like a battery
As temperatures climb on hot days, many of us are quick to crank up our fans or air conditioners. These cooling systems can be a major stress on electrical grids, which has inspired some inventors to create versions that can store energy as well as use it. Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in…