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Implementing advanced AI technologies in finance

Just as critical is reframing AI’s role. “AI as a means to an end, as opposed to AI being the end,” says Ranga Bodla, VP of industry and field marketing at Oracle... Read more »

The Download: the hantavirus outbreak and Musk v. Altman week 2

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Meta’s embrace of AI is making employees miserableWorkers feel pressured to use the tech while fearing AI-driven layoffs.... Read more »

Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman

“Time to make the next step for OpenAI. This is the triggering event,” Musk wrote in an email—having said weeks earlier that if OpenAI made a major public achievement, it would be... Read more »

The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar

1 After years of insults, Anthropic and SpaceX have teamed upAnthropic will tap SpaceX’s GPUs to meet surging demand. (Axios)+ While SpaceX gets a marquee customer for its AI ambitions. (Wired $)+... Read more »

The balcony solar boom is coming to the US

Let’s talk about what balcony solar is, why it’s unique, and how new testing requirements could affect our progress toward deploying the technology in the US. Plug-in solar systems are designed to... Read more »

What’s next for IVF

But PGT-A won’t give you a perfect readout of a future baby’s genetics, says Sonia Gayete-Lafuente, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Center for Human Reproduction in New York City. And some of... Read more »

The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots

The new war room is one of the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now, our list of the big ideas, trends, and advances in the field that are driving progress... Read more »

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court each day, and has broken down the first week’s key moments in her latest report. In a... Read more »

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

Start with what might be called the epistemic layer—how we come to know things. People are increasingly relying on AI to know what is true, what is happening, and whom to trust.... Read more »

Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

And then the lawyers just kept going on and on about the catastrophic risks of AI and whether Elon Musk or OpenAI was in the better position to steward AI safety. And... Read more »