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“Today, most robots are wheeled. But imagine that there’s a disaster scenario, flooding, or an earthquake, and we want robots...
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When MIT met Sally
Lauding the Institute community’s “signature ability to foster the very best in fundamental research and harness it to confront society’s...
Curiosity unbounded
“In this perilous moment, I believe that curiosity can give us the hope and courage to do what needs to...
IBM Is Cloudgazing With Its Latest $4.6 Billion Software Company Acquisition
Key takeaways IBM IBM is taking over software company Apptio in a $4.6 billion cash purchase from Vista Equity Partners...
Achieving a sustainable future for AI
More compute leads to greater electricity consumption, and consequent carbon emissions. A 2019 study by researchers at the University of...
The Mortgage Market Continues To Struggle And Tech Billionaires Go Head To Head – Forbes AI Newsletter June 24th
TL;DR The housing and mortgage markets continue to struggle, despite a pause in the Fed’s rate hikes and falling interest...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Downgrades Recession Risk, But We’re Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Key takeaways U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview the U.S. recession risk is downgraded Yellen also commented...
The Download: advertising on junk AI websites, and forest bathing in VR
The news: AI chatbots are filling junk websites with AI-generated text that attracts paying advertisers. More than 140 major brands...
“Forest bathing” might work in virtual reality too
A group of scientists at the Czech University of Life Sciences—a psychologist in collaboration with researchers in the forestry department—has...
Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads
Google’s programmatic ad product, called Google Ads, is the largest exchange and made $168 billion in advertising revenue last year....
Upside Foods And Good Meat Secure USDA Approval For Lab-Grown Meat – Can You Buy Stocks Now?
Key takeaways The USDA has given the go-ahead to two lab-grown meat start-ups, Good Meat and Upside Foods, to sell...
The Download: AI training AI, and the future of robotaxis
In some San Francisco neighborhoods, cars with no driver behind the wheel have become a common sight. Many of the...
The wild race to improve synthetic embryos
For Zernicka-Goetz’s part, she later said on Twitter that her lab’s creations “are not real embryos.” “In response to recent...
The chip patterning machines that will shape computing’s next act
Lathrop had spent years looking through microscopes to make something small look bigger. As he puzzled over how to miniaturize...
Robotaxis are here. It’s time to decide what to do about them
I spent the past year covering robotaxis for the San Francisco Examiner and have taken nearly a dozen rides in...
The people paid to train AI are outsourcing their work… to AI
No wonder some of them may be turning to tools like ChatGPT to maximize their earning potential. But how many?...
Amazon Prime Day Is Fast Approaching – Here’s What It Means For Amazon Stock And Consumer Spending
Key takeaways Amazon AMZN has announced its flagship shopping event, Prime Day, will be taking place 11-12 July The last...
The Download: lab-grown chicken, and rewilding the world
How it’s grown: Most meat alternatives on the market today are made using plants. Cultivated meat products are made using...
The hope and hype of seaweed farming for carbon removal
In the same way, there are two major things we need to do to address climate change. We need to...
What “rewilding” means—and what’s missing from this new movement
Restoring the planet is always a process of design, one that is shaped by the values, idiosyncrasies, and blind spots...