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The Download: music-making AI, and Kasparov’s defeat

Jess’s story is from The Checkup, her new weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things health and tech-related. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. The... Read more »

Google’s new AI can hear a snippet of song—and then keep on playing

“There is a lot of what we could call linguistic information that is not in the words that you pronounce, but it’s another way of communicating based on the way you say... Read more »

Is a covid and flu “twindemic” on the horizon?

As the weather cools in the Northern Hemisphere, and people increasingly mix indoors, we can expect cases to rise, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, told journalists at a press... Read more »

I Was There When: AI mastered chess

Commentator 2: Deep Blue! Kasparov, after the move C4, has resigned! [Applause] Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Strong, and this is I Was There When—an oral history project featuring the stories of breakthroughs and... Read more »

AI and data fuel innovation in clinical trials and beyond

Laurel: So mentioning the pandemic, it really has shown us how critical and fraught the race is to provide new treatments and vaccines to patients. Could you explain what evidence generation is... Read more »

Power beaming comes of age

The global need for power to provide ubiquitous connectivity through 5G, 6G, and smart infrastructure is rising. This report explains the prospects of power beaming; its economic, human, and environmental implications; and... Read more »

Moving money in a digital world

“The common denominator across almost all post-pandemic behavioral shifts is the growing importance of digital payments,” says Paul Fabara, executive vice president and chief risk officer at Visa, whose worldwide networks handled... Read more »

The Download: TikTok moral panics, and DeepMind’s record-breaking AI

1 Hurricane Ian is likely to be Florida’s deadliest in 87 yearsThe majority of the 100+ casualties are believed to have drowned. (WP $)+ Areas that embrace solar power fare better in... Read more »

Inside a battery recycling facility

Keeping up with climate AI and robots are helping researchers build better batteries. Researchers used a machine learning model called Dragonfly and a robot called Clio to help them design new electrolytes for... Read more »

The porcelain challenge didn’t need to be real to get views

“I’ve dabbled in the past with trying to make fake news that is transparent about being fake but spreads nonetheless,” Durfee said. (He once, with a surprising amount of success, got a... Read more »