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A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China
You can basically copy and paste that line into countless stories about today’s advanced reactor technology.…
The Download: Stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
How close are we to genuine “mind reading?”Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your…
This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs
“I hope that people use as a diagnostic tool to identify where and how there might be issues in a model,” says…
The Download: the AI Hype Index, and “normal” AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The AI Hype Index: AI agent cyberattacks, racing robots, and musical models
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a…
Is AI “normal”? | MIT Technology Review
So against this backdrop, a recent essay by two AI researchers at Princeton felt quite provocative. Arvind…
The Download: China’s manufacturers’ viral moment, and how AI…
Since the video was posted earlier this month, millions of TikTok users have watched as a young Chinese man in…
Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on TikTok
DHGate told MIT Technology Review that the social media attention has resulted in a surge in transactions on…
The Download: How Trump’s tariffs will affect US manufacturing, and…
The quest to figure out farming on Mars Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves…
Sweeping tariffs could threaten the US manufacturing rebound
The US was great at inventing new stuff, it turns out, but lousy at making it. The hope is that this situation…