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Google’s new tool lets large language models fact-check their responses

It is only available to researchers for now, but Ramaswami says access could widen further after more testing. If it works as hoped, it could be a real boon for Google’s plan... Read more »

The Download: Ukraine’s drone defenses, and today’s climate heroes

Drones have come to define the brutal conflict in Ukraine that has now dragged on for more than two and a half years. And most rely on radio communications—a technology that Serhii... Read more »

Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense

For this reason, jamming is a frequent focus of Flash’s work. In a January post on his Telegram channel, for instance, which people viewed 48,000 times, Flash explained how jammers used by... Read more »

Meet 2024’s climate innovators under 35

Cement is one of our toughest challenges, as Brimstone CEO and 2024 innovator Cody Finke will tell you. I wrote about Brimstone and other efforts to reinvent cement earlier this year. Another... Read more »

The Download: a quantum breakthrough, and the Internet Archive ruling

—Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, explains the rationale behind his government’s plans to restrict social media access for teenagers and children, the Financial Times reports. The big story A Roomba recorded a... Read more »

Google says it’s made a quantum computing breakthrough that reduces errors

One major challenge has been that quantum computers can store or manipulate information incorrectly, preventing them from executing algorithms that are long enough to be useful. The new research from Google Quantum... Read more »

Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries

Some libraries have turned to another solution: controlled digital lending, or CDL, a process by which a library scans the physical books it already has in its collection, makes secure digital copies,... Read more »

The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2024

Tomorrow’s technologies are being developed today. And every year, we recognize young people from around the world who are leading the way through their research and entrepreneurship. This year’s 35 young innovators... Read more »

2024 Innovator of the Year: Shawn Shan builds tools to help artists fight back against exploitative AI

Now artists are fighting back. And some of the most powerful tools they have were built by Shawn Shan, 26, a PhD student in computer science at the University of Chicago (and... Read more »

What impact will AI have on video game development?

However, nowadays the crunch is less likely to be glamorized than to be seen as a form of exploitation that risks causing mental illness and burnout. Part of the issue is that crunch time used... Read more »