Life Biosciences has been among those struggling companies. Initially formed in 2017, it at first had a strategy of launching subsidiaries, each intended to pursue one aspect of the aging problem. But... Read more »

AALTO Because of its unique geography, Japan is a perfect test bed for HAPS. Many of the country’s roughly 430 inhabited islands are remote, mountainous, and sparsely populated, making them too costly... Read more »

—Will Douglas Heaven In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s technology has upended a remarkable range of everyday activities at home, at work, and in schools. Now OpenAI is making... Read more »

That wasn’t the case a year or so ago. Since it announced its first reasoning model, o1, in December 2024, OpenAI has been pushing the envelope of what the technology can do.... Read more »

This question has taken on new urgency recently thanks to growing concern about the dangers that can arise when children talk to AI chatbots. For years Big Tech asked for birthdays (that... Read more »

If a meeting participant on the other side can manage to parse the words that you’re saying, they’re not likely to speak up and say, “Hey, I’m having a little bit of... Read more »

—Antonio Regalado This story is from the latest print issue of MIT Technology Review magazine, which is all about exciting innovations. If you haven’t already, subscribe now to receive future issues once... Read more »

1 The US is dismantling itselfA foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck its standing in the world. (Wired $)  + We need to talk about whether Donald Trump might... Read more »

After all, wastewater contains saliva, urine, feces, shed skin, and more. You could consider it a rich biological sample. Wastewater analysis helped scientists understand how covid was spreading during the pandemic. It’s... Read more »