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…
What’s Driving the Future of the Solid State Relay Market? A Strategic…
The global Solid State Relay (SSR) market is on the cusp of a technological evolution, shaped by the…
The Download: Measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative…
—Matthew Raine, whose 16-year old son Adam died by suicide after repeatedly sharing his intentions with ChatGPT,…
How to measure the returns on R&D spending
If in fact the productivity slowdown was at least partially caused by a drop in public R&D spending, it’s…
The looming crackdown on AI companionship
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: rogue…
The Download: Regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our…
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: rogue…