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AI systems are getting better at tricking us
A wave of AI systems have “deceived” humans in ways they haven’t been explicitly trained to...
LXer: Mixxx 2.4.1 DJ App Improves Support for Denon, Pioneer, and Traktor Controllers
Published at LXer: Mixxx 2.4.1 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software for performing live mixes is...
Tech workers should shine a light on the industry’s secretive work with the military
It’s a hell of a time to have a conscience if you work in tech. The...
The burgeoning field of brain mapping
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your...
Hong Kong is targeting Western Big Tech companies in its ban of a popular protest song
It wasn’t exactly surprising when on Wednesday, May 8, a Hong Kong appeals court sided with...
The way whales communicate is closer to human language than we realized
Sperm whales are fascinating creatures. They possess the biggest brain of any species, six times larger...
Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business
Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother. He opens up about...
How I learned to stop worrying and love fake meat
Fixing our collective meat problem is one of the trickiest challenges in addressing climate change—and for...
Scientists are trying to get cows pregnant with synthetic embryos
It was a cool morning at the beef teaching unit in Gainesville, Florida, and cow number...
Cancer vaccines are having a renaissance
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your...
Three takeaways about the current state of batteries
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Why new ethanol aviation fuel tax subsidies aren’t a clear climate win
Eliminating carbon pollution from aviation is one of the most challenging parts of the climate puzzle,...
Sam Altman says helpful agents are poised to become AI’s killer function
A number of moments from my brief sit-down with Sam Altman brought the OpenAI CEO’s worldview...
The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to...
Inside the quest to map the universe with mysterious bursts of radio energy
When our universe was less than half as old as it is today, a burst of...
My deepfake shows how valuable our data is in the age of AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like...
The robot race is fueling a fight for training data
Since ChatGPT was released, we now interact with AI tools more directly—and regularly—than ever before. But...
Here’s the defense tech at the center of US aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help...
My biotech plants are dead
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your...
Job titles of the future: AI prompt engineer
The role of AI prompt engineer attracted attention for its high-six-figure salaries when it emerged in...
How we transform to a fully decarbonized world
In 1856, Napoleon III commissioned a baby rattle for his newborn son, to be made from...
Quartz, cobalt, and the waste we leave behind
Some time before the first dinosaurs, two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana, collided, forcing molten rock out...
