Why EV charging needs more than Tesla

May 9, 2024
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Tesla, the world’s largest EV maker, laid off its entire charging team last week.  The timing of this move is absolutely baffling. We desperately need many more EV chargers to come online…

OpenAI offers a peek behind the curtain of its AI’s secret instructions

May 8, 2024

Ever wonder why conversational AI like ChatGPT says “Sorry, I can’t do that” or some other polite refusal? OpenAI is offering a limited look at the reasoning behind its own models’ rules of engagement, whether it’s sticking to brand guidelines or declining to make NSFW content. Large language models (LLMs) don’t have any naturally occurring […]

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US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers’ address data

May 8, 2024

The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said in an email to affected trademark applicants this week that their private domicile address — which can include […]

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