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 »

With Americans increasingly anxious about how AI could harm mental health, jobs, and the environment, public demand for regulation is growing. If Congress stays paralyzed, states will be the only ones acting... Read more »

Some doctors see LLMs as a boon for medical literacy. The average patient might struggle to navigate the vast landscape of online medical information—and, in particular, to distinguish high-quality sources from polished... Read more »

I’m no meteorologist, but it’s true that there is a lot of hot air here.  On Wednesday, President Donald Trump arrived in Davos to address the assembly, and held forth for more... Read more »