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The Download: the secret lives of AI characters, and commercializing space
Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs,...
These AI Minecraft characters did weirdly human stuff all on their own
More humanlike behaviors emerged in a series of 30-agent simulations. Despite all the agents starting with the same personality and...
Accelerating generative AI deployment with microservices
In this exclusive webcast, we delve into the transformative potential of portable microservices for the deployment of generative AI models....
The Download: rethinking AI benchmarks, and the ethics of AI agents
Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks....
The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
One of the goals of the research was to define a list of criteria that make a good benchmark. “It’s...
We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents
This future feels far off, but it isn’t. There’s a chance that when we get there, there will be even...
The Download: Trump’s tariffs, and the DOJ’s proposals for Google
President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge tariffs on imported goods threatens to jack up the cost and...
Google’s antitrust gut punch and the Trump wild card
First, some background. The case was first filed back in 2020. Then in August, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in favor...
How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more
Over time, Trump’s tariffs may indeed compel companies to bring more of their manufacturing operations back to the US and...
The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus transplants
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI may launch a...
Who should get a uterus transplant? Experts aren’t sure.
In that first trial, Brännström’s team transplanted uteruses into nine women, each of whom had IVF to create and store...
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
When OpenAI tested DALL-E 3 last year, it used an automated process to cover even more variations of what users...
The Download: AI replicas, and China’s climate role
MIT Technology Review Narrated: The world’s on the verge of a carbon storage boom In late 2023, one of California’s...
China’s complicated role in climate change
This is a comment I get all the time on the topic of climate change, both in conversations and on...
Four ways to protect your art from AI
Artists and writers have launched several lawsuits against AI companies, arguing that their work has been scraped into databases for...
AI can now create a replica of your personality
Led by Joon Sung Park, a Stanford PhD student in computer science, the team recruited 1,000 people who varied by...
The Download: Clear’s identity ambitions, and the climate blame game
But assigning responsibility is complicated. These three visualizations help explain why. —Casey Crownhart Cyber Week Sale: subscriptions are half price!...
Who’s to blame for climate change? It’s surprisingly complicated.
Even then, though, there’s another factor to consider: population. Dividing a country’s total emissions by its population reveals how the...
Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport
The more Clear is able to reach into customers’ lives, the more valuable customer data it can collect. All user...
