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Transforming the energy industry through disruptive innovation

Building on the same example of PG&E, which I referenced earlier; through our collaboration, piece by piece progressively, we are building the backbone of a sustainable, digitized, and reliable energy future in... Read more »

The Download: Big Tech’s climate claims, and reducing your music streaming carbon footprint

As K-pop sweeps the world and accumulates a massive, devout fan base, these fans have been turning their power into action. Zeyi Yang, our China reporter, recently published a story about Kpop4planet,... Read more »

Five ways to make music streaming better for the climate

One of the most interesting (and also successful) campaigns Kpop4planet has organized shines a light on the carbon footprint of music streaming. Aware that K-pop fans stream significantly more than average (sometimes... Read more »

Google, Amazon and the problem with Big Tech’s climate claims

The argument for RECs is that companies often can’t purchase a pure stream of clean electricity to power their operations, since grid operators rely on a mix of natural gas, coal, solar,... Read more »

The Download: K-pop stans’ climate plans, and what AI isn’t

K-pop fans have for years been known for their incredible organizing power. As their numbers have grown around the world, they have become influential political forces, shaping elections and advocating for social... Read more »

A short history of AI, and what it is (and isn’t)

For months, my colleague Will Douglas Heaven has been on a quest to go deeper to understand why everybody seems to disagree on exactly what AI is, why nobody even knows, and... Read more »

Music streaming can be a drag on the environment. These K-pop fans want to clean it up.

“I think streaming is especially nefarious because those negative impacts are happening so far away and in such an invisible way,” says Joe Steinhardt, an assistant professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia... Read more »

The Download: how AI affects creativity, and CRISPR babies

The big story Is the digital dollar dead? July 2023 In 2020, digital currencies were one of the hottest topics in town. China was well on its way to launching its own... Read more »

Unlocking secure, private AI with confidential computing

Confidential computing use cases and benefits GPU-accelerated confidential computing has far-reaching implications for AI in enterprise contexts. It also addresses privacy issues that apply to any analysis of sensitive data in the... Read more »

AI can make you more creative—but it has limits

The findings make sense, given that people who are already creative don’t really need to use AI to be creative, says Tuhin Chakrabarty, a computer science researcher at Columbia University, who specializes... Read more »