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The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn 

It’s not certain whether this activity falls within the US legal definition of “fair use”—an issue that’s currently being litigated in several lawsuits from other types of content creators—but Casper argues that... Read more »

AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers

“It was severely downgraded,” Gilbert confirms. “I never would have found it if I was just looking through Google results.” (I tried the same prompt in Gemini earlier this month, and after... Read more »

The Download: making drugs in orbit and NASA’s nuclear-powered spacecraft

1 Sam Altman claims Elon Musk tried to seize control of OpenAIAltman said Musk initially wanted 90% of the equity. (AFP)+ And that control should go to his children when he dies.... Read more »

World Models: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now

The latest iteration of a legacy Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned, independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews, interviews and live events... Read more »

The Download: a Nobel winner on AI, and the case for fixing everything

Lee Vinsel is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech, a cofounder of The Maintainers, and the host of Peoples & Things, a podcast about human life with... Read more »

Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist

Two years later, Acemoglu’s measured take has not caught on. Chatter about an AI jobs apocalypse pops up everywhere from Senator Bernie Sanders’s rallies to conversations I overhear in line at the... Read more »

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 »