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The AI Hype Index: AI agent cyberattacks, racing robots, and musical models

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry.... Read more »

Is AI “normal”?

So against this backdrop, a recent essay by two AI researchers at Princeton felt quite provocative. Arvind Narayanan, who directs the university’s Center for Information Technology Policy, and doctoral candidate Sayash Kapoor... Read more »

The Download: China’s manufacturers’ viral moment, and how AI is changing creativity

Since the video was posted earlier this month, millions of TikTok users have watched as a young Chinese man in a blue T-shirt sits beside a traditional tea set and speaks directly... Read more »

Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on TikTok

DHGate told MIT Technology Review that the social media attention has resulted in a surge in transactions on the platform, with categories like home goods, electronics, outdoor gear, and pet supplies seeing... Read more »

The Download: how Trump’s tariffs will affect US manufacturing, and AI architecture

The quest to figure out farming on Mars Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against shorelines, strong winds gusted and howled, and driving rain fell... Read more »

Sweeping tariffs could threaten the US manufacturing rebound

The US was great at inventing new stuff, it turns out, but lousy at making it. The hope is that this situation is changing as the country builds up its manufacturing muscles.... Read more »

Driving business value by optimizing the cloud

At the same time, hosted services like generative AI and tailored industry solutions can help companies quickly launch applications and grow the business. To get the most out of these services, companies... Read more »

The Download: Apple’s eucalyptus carbon bet, and climate tech’s bad vibes

Quote of the day “It went from a Cinderella story to Nightmare on Elm Street.” —Dan Ives, a Wedbush Securities analyst, tells the Financial Times why Elon Musk’s allegiance to Donald Trump... Read more »

The vibes are shifting for US climate tech

There are still projects moving forward, but these cancellations definitely aren’t a good sign. And now we have tariffs to think about, adding additional layers of expense and, worse, uncertainty. (Businesses, especially... Read more »

Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal

Eucalyptus has become the region’s new lifeblood. “I’m going to plant some eucalyptus / I’ll get rich and you’ll fall in love with me,” sings a local country duo. PABLO ALBARENGA The... Read more »