Advancing to adaptive cloud
A complex multi-cloud deployment can make it difficult for IT teams to perform mission-critical tasks, such as applying security patches,...
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The Download: AC habits, and Starliner’s stranded astronauts
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Starliner astronauts may not return...
Your AC habits aren’t unique. Here’s why that’s a problem.
People across the city, county, and even the state are probably doing the same thing. And like me, they might...
The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms
Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in...
What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation
So when I learned that in parts of China, companies are putting hydrogen-powered bikes on the road for anyone to...
How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
Before they promoted bunk information on HIV and AIDS, Rogan, Kennedy, and Rodgers were spreading fringe theories about the coronavirus’s...
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
Safeguarded AI’s goal is to build AI systems that can offer quantitative guarantees, such as a risk score, about their...
The Download: climate-friendlier air conditioners, and fighting explicit deepfakes
Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in buildings, a share that’s expected to rise as the planet warms and...
Your future air conditioner might act like a battery
New cooling technologies that incorporate energy storage could help by charging themselves when renewable electricity is available and demand is...
Google is finally taking action to curb non-consensual deepfakes
Though terrible, Swift’s deepfakes did perhaps more than anything else to raise awareness about the risks and seem to have...
A playbook for crafting AI strategy
While these prognostications may prove true, today’s businesses are finding major hurdles when they seek to graduate from pilots and...
The Download: the risks of addictive AI, and hydrogen bikes’ limitations
—Zeyi Yang The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Tech stocks...
Hydrogen bikes are struggling to gain traction in China
It’s a strategy that’s worked: These bikes have been more readily accepted by local governments. In 2022, Youon sold 2,000...
We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’
Once we understand the psychological dimensions of AI companionship, we can design effective policy interventions. It has been shown that...
The Download: making tough decisions with AI, and the significance of toys
—Jessica Hamzelou This week, I’ve been working on a piece about an AI-based tool that could help guide end-of-life care....
A personalized AI tool might help some reach end-of-life decisions—but it won’t suit everyone
Moore has worked as a clinical ethicist in hospitals in both Australia and the US, and she says she has...
The Download: AI’s end of life decisions, and green investing
End-of-life decisions can be extremely upsetting for surrogates—the people who have to make those calls on behalf of another person....
End-of-life decisions are difficult and distressing. Could AI help?
Wendler has been working on ways to help surrogates make these kinds of decisions. Over 10 years ago, he developed...
Why investors care about climate tech’s green premium
I’ve been thinking more about the financial piece of climate innovation since my colleague James Temple sat down for a...
Reimagining cloud strategy for AI-first enterprises
Realizing AI’s full potential on a mass scale will require more than just executives’ enthusiasm; becoming a truly AI-first enterprise...