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China is copying Russia’s election interference playbook

I also hosted three discussions about the global technology challenges facing the world. Obviously, a big focus was China—which, as you newsletter readers know, is one of the most important tech players... Read more »

China is copying Russia’s election misinformation playbook

I also hosted three discussions about the global technology challenges facing the world. Obviously, a big focus was China—which, as you newsletter readers know, is one of the most important tech players... Read more »

Inside Alphabet X’s new effort to combat climate change with seagrass

During a Zoom call, Davé pulled up a black-and-white video of the chaos that ensues at feeding time, when salmon compete to gobble up the food dropped into the pen. It’s impossible... Read more »

The Download: how Twitter is breaking, and YouTube’s TV experiment

Where will AI go next? This year we’ve seen a dizzying number of breakthroughs in generative AI, from AIs that can produce videos from just a few words to models that can... Read more »

Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks

This is particularly problematic, says Krueger, for a site like Twitter, which can have unforeseen spikes in user traffic and interest at random. Krueger compares Twitter to online retail sites, where companies... Read more »

Where will AI go next?

The next breakthrough will likely come from multimodal AI models, which are armed with multiple senses, such as the ability to use computer vision and audio to interpret things, Eck told me. The... Read more »

YouTube wants to take on TikTok and put its Shorts videos on your TV

YouTube’s announcement follows TikTok’s own move into developing a TV app. First launched in February 2021 in France, Germany, and the UK and expanded into the United States and elsewhere in November... Read more »

YouTube wants to take on TikTok with Shorts videos for your TV

YouTube’s announcement follows TikTok’s own move into developing a TV app. First launched in February 2021 in France, Germany, and the UK and expanded into the United States and elsewhere in November... Read more »

The future of manufacturing is iterative, collaborative and data-driven

Data-driven transformation Another key digital transformation practice is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to automate, or at least streamline and simplify, product development. At Raytheon, teams leverage model-based engineering... Read more »

The Download: the best of Emtech 2022, and US midterm misinformation

Last week, MIT Technology Review brought together some of the world’s sharpest minds dedicated to developing the technologies that are changing the way we live. EmTech, our annual flagship event covering cutting-edge... Read more »