The hard lessons of Harvard’s failed geoengineering experiment
The basic concept behind solar geoengineering is that by spraying certain particles high above the planet, humans could reflect some...
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The Download: fixing space weather-forecasting, and reopening a nuclear power plant
As the number of satellites in space grows, and as we rely on them for increasing numbers of vital tasks...
How to reopen a nuclear power plant
Step 2: Line up money and permission Support has poured in for Palisades, with the state of Michigan setting aside...
Threads is giving Taiwanese users a safe space to talk about politics
3. The US government is considering cutting the so-called de minimis exemption from import duties, which makes it cheap for...
The race to fix space-weather forecasting before next big solar storm hits
The satellite era has so far experienced only one major geomagnetic storm. Dubbed the Halloween storm because it pummeled Earth...
Purpose-built AI builds better customer experiences
Once the interaction begins, we can use data, artificial intelligence, to measure sentiment, customer sentiment. And in the course of...
The Download: inside chipmaking giant ASML, and why Taiwan loves Threads
On a drab Monday February morning in California, at the drab San Jose Convention Center, attendees of the SPIE Advanced...
Why Threads is suddenly popular in Taiwan
Still, Threads’ popularity plummeted after its launch in July 2023. In Taiwan—like the rest of the world—many users left the...
Scaling customer experiences with data and AI
Andy: Yeah, it's a great question. I think today artificial intelligence is certainly capturing all of the buzz, but what...
How ASML took over the chipmaking chessboard
ASML Photolithographers have a limited set of tools at their disposal to make smaller designs, and for decades, the type...
A conversation with OpenAI’s first artist in residence
COURTESY OF ALEXANDER REBEN Reben is OpenAI’s first artist in residence. Officially, the appointment started in January and lasts three...
It’s easy to tamper with watermarks from AI-generated text
AI language models work by predicting the next likely word in a sentence, generating one word at a time on...
Brain-cell transplants are the newest experimental epilepsy treatment
“It’s early, but it could be restorative,” says Cory Nicholas, a former laboratory scientist who is the CEO of Neurona....
The Download: the future of AI moviemaking, and what to know about plug-in hybrids
When OpenAI revealed its new generative video model, Sora, last month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to try it...
How three filmmakers created Sora’s latest stunning videos
In many ways working with text-to-video is like working with text-to-image, says Stevenson. “You enter a text prompt and then...
What’s next for generative video
We’re not there quite yet. A big problem with generative video is the lack of control users have over the...
What to expect if you’re expecting a plug-in hybrid
EV drivers who don’t live in single-family homes with attached garages can get creative with charging. Some New York City...
The Download: the problem with plug-in hybrids, and China’s AI talent
Plug-in hybrids are supposed to be the best of both worlds—the convenience of a gas-powered car with the climate benefits...
Four things you need to know about China’s AI talent pool
Here’s an inside look into ASML’s factory and how it managed to dominate advanced chipmaking. (MIT Technology Review) 2. Hong...
The problem with plug-in hybrids? Their drivers.
According to the new European Commission report, drivers in plug-in hybrid vehicles produce about 139.4 grams of carbon dioxide for...
