Subscribe to our Newsletter

The Download: the secret lives of AI characters, and commercializing space

Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes, voted on tax reforms and even spread a religion. The... Read more »

These AI Minecraft characters did weirdly human stuff all on their own

More humanlike behaviors emerged in a series of 30-agent simulations. Despite all the agents starting with the same personality and same overall goal—to create an efficient village and protect the community against... Read more »

Accelerating generative AI deployment with microservices

In this exclusive webcast, we delve into the transformative potential of portable microservices for the deployment of generative AI models. We explore how startups and large organizations are leveraging this technology to... Read more »

The Download: rethinking AI benchmarks, and the ethics of AI agents

Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example, was launched in May with a compilation of... Read more »

The way we measure progress in AI is terrible

One of the goals of the research was to define a list of criteria that make a good benchmark. “It’s definitely an important problem to discuss the quality of the benchmarks, what... Read more »

We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents

Deeper Learning Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport Clear is the most visible biometrics company around, and one you’ve likely interacted with already, whether passing security checkpoints at... Read more »

The Download: Trump’s tariffs, and the DOJ’s proposals for Google

President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge tariffs on imported goods threatens to jack up the cost and slow down the development of US cleantech projects. These plans could easily... Read more »

Google’s antitrust gut punch and the Trump wild card

First, some background. The case was first filed back in 2020. Then in August, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in favor of DOJ (and against Google), finding that Google ran its business as... Read more »

How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more

Over time, Trump’s tariffs may indeed compel companies to bring more of their manufacturing operations back to the US and help diversify the global supply chain for crucial goods, UC San Diego’s... Read more »

The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus transplants

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI may launch a web browserWhich would be a full-frontal assault on Google (The Information $)+ The Google... Read more »