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Why the world is looking to ditch US AI models
A few weeks ago, when I was at the digital rights conference RightsCon in Taiwan, I watched in real time as…
The Download: the dangers of AI agents, and ChatGPT’s effects on our…
—Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Sasha Luccioni, Giada Pistilli all work for Hugging Face, an open source AI…
Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake
And when systems can control multiple information sources simultaneously, potential for harm explodes. For…
OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects…
The researchers found some intriguing differences between how men and women respond to using ChatGPT. After…
The Download: Saving the “doomsday glacier,” and Europe’s…
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the…
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the…
Autopsies can reveal intimate health details. Should they be kept private?
This is where things get really complicated. Ethically speaking, we should consider the wishes of the deceased.…
Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
“I expect four or five companies to get to the point of launching, and then over a period of years reliability…
Roundtables: AI Chatbots Have Joined the Chat
Recorded on March 20, 2025
AI Chatbots Have…
The Download: The future of energy, and chatting about chatbots
Where can you find lasers, electric guitars, and racks full of novel batteries, all in the same giant room?…