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How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool
What is Sora? Sora is a powerful AI video generation model that can create videos from text prompts, animate…
The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus…
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories…
The world’s next big environmental problem could come from space
SpaceX’s Starlink is the biggest of these. Currently consisting of about 6,500 satellites, the fleet is…
OpenAI’s “12 days of shipmas” tell us a lot about the AI…
The Chat Every week, I talk to one of MIT Technology Review’s journalists to go behind the scenes of a story…
The Download: China’s mineral ban, and three technologies to watch
This week, China banned exports of several critical minerals to the US, marking the latest move in an…
3 things that didn’t make the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025…
In the meantime, here are three technologies that we considered including on the 2025 list but ultimately…
Donating embryos for research is surprisingly complex
There are a few reasons why embryos aren’t making it into research labs, says Hartshorne. Part of the problem…
What China’s critical mineral ban means for the US
The nation said it may also further restrict sales of graphite, which makes up most of the material in the…
The US Department of Defense is investing in deepfake detection
"This work represents a significant step forward in strengthening our information advantage as we combat…
The Download: OpenAI’s defense contract, and making food from microbes
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…