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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…
Clean hydrogen is facing a big reality check
A major barrier for clean hydrogen today is that dirty methods based on fossil fuels are just so much cheaper…
The Download: AI-designed viruses, and bad news for the hydrogen industry
Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working…
A pivotal meeting on vaccine guidance is underway—and former CDC leaders…
On Thursday, an advisory CDC panel that develops vaccine guidance met for a two-day discussion on multiple…