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The Download: shoplifter-chasing drones, and Trump’s TikTok deal
Shoplifters in the US could soon be chased down by drones
The news: Flock Safety, whose drones were once…
US investigators are using AI to detect child abuse images made by AI
The filing, posted on September 19, is heavily redacted and Hive cofounder and CEO Kevin Guo told MIT…
Roundtables: The Future of Birth Control
Conversations around birth control usually focus on women, but Kevin Eisenfrats, one of the MIT Technology…
The AI Hype Index: Cracking the chatbot code
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a…
The Download: The LLM will see you now, and a new fusion power deal
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1…
This medical startup uses LLMs to run appointments and make diagnoses
During the appointment, assistants read off questions from the ScopeAI interface, and ScopeAI produces new…
An oil and gas giant signed a $1 billion deal with Commonwealth Fusion…
The agreement will see Eni purchase electricity from Commonwealth’s first commercial fusion power plant, in…
The Download: The LLM will see you now, and a new fusion power deal
The quest to figure out farming on MarsOnce upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped…
The Download: The CDC’s vaccine chaos
Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the…
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria
“That was pretty striking, just actually seeing, like, this AI-generated sphere,” says Brian Hie, who leads the…