The Download: conspiracy-debunking chatbots, and fact-checking AI
1 OpenAI has released an AI model with ‘reasoning’ capabilitiesIt claims it’s a step toward its broader goal of human-like...
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Neuroscientists and architects are using this enormous laboratory to make buildings better
Suddenly everyone seemed to be rushing around, slipping past each other and trying to move quickly while avoiding collisions. “It’s...
Chatbots can persuade people to stop believing in conspiracy theories
After each conversation, participants were asked the same rating questions. The researchers followed up with all the participants 10 days...
Google’s new tool lets large language models fact-check their responses
It is only available to researchers for now, but Ramaswami says access could widen further after more testing. If it...
The Download: Ukraine’s drone defenses, and today’s climate heroes
Drones have come to define the brutal conflict in Ukraine that has now dragged on for more than two and...
Meet 2024’s climate innovators under 35
Cement is one of our toughest challenges, as Brimstone CEO and 2024 innovator Cody Finke will tell you. I wrote...
Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense
For this reason, jamming is a frequent focus of Flash’s work. In a January post on his Telegram channel, for...
The Download: a quantum breakthrough, and the Internet Archive ruling
—Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, explains the rationale behind his government’s plans to restrict social media access for teenagers and...
Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries
Some libraries have turned to another solution: controlled digital lending, or CDL, a process by which a library scans the...
Google says it’s made a quantum computing breakthrough that reduces errors
One major challenge has been that quantum computers can store or manipulate information incorrectly, preventing them from executing algorithms that...
The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2024
Tomorrow’s technologies are being developed today. And every year, we recognize young people from around the world who are leading...
2024 Innovator of the Year: Shawn Shan builds tools to help artists fight back against exploitative AI
Now artists are fighting back. And some of the most powerful tools they have were built by Shawn Shan, 26,...
What impact will AI have on video game development?
However, nowadays the crunch is less likely to be glamorized than to be seen as a form of exploitation that risks causing mental...
To be more useful, robots need to become lazier
“Organisms try not to process information that they don’t need to because that processing is very expensive, in terms of...
Preparing for the unknown: A guide to future-proofing imaging IT
Another innovative approach is the concept of a Common Patient Data Model (CPDM). This standardized framework defines how patient data...
The Download: Roblox’s generative AI, and tech for humanity
What’s new: Roblox has announced plans to roll out a generative AI tool that will let creators make whole 3D...
For Subscribers Only: Celebrate 125 years of MIT Technology Review
We're giving away 25 complimentary virtual (livestream) tickets to EmTech MIT, our flagship event on emerging technologies and trends. Winners will...
Roblox is launching a generative AI that builds 3D environments in a snap
Roblox’s new tool works by “tokenizing” the 3D blocks that make up its millions of in-game worlds, or treating them...
The Download: mining metals with plants, and our dystopian future
Nickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plants naturally soak...
How plants could mine metals from the soil
Metals like nickel, crucial for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, are in high demand. But building new mines...
