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The Download: Google’s AI energy use, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
MIT is worth fighting for
As I write in late July, we’re contending with a major tax increase on the annual returns from MIT’s endowment…
India is still working on sewer robots
More than 220 Bandicoot robots have been deployed in India, says Vipin Govind, head of marketing and…
AI comes for the job market, security and prosperity: The Debrief
I was struck by her pessimism, which she told me was shared by friends from California to Georgia to New…
Job titles of the future: Satellite streak astronomer
But in 2019, SpaceX began deploying its internet-beaming Starlink constellation, and the astronomical community…
3 Things James O’Donnell is into right now
Overthink This is a podcast in which two very smart people (who happen to be young and hilarious professors of…
The Download: introducing: the Security issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Unlocking enterprise agility in the API economy
Elsewhere, Coca-Cola integrated its global systems using APIs, enabling faster, lower-cost delivery and…
The AI Hype Index: AI-designed antibiotics show promise
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a…
‘Bubbles’ turn air into drinkable water
COURTESY OF THE RESEARCHERS In the researchers’ prototype device, a half-square-meter panel of the hydrogel…