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The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI

2 Why the OpenAI hack is the scariest AI mishap yetAI’s capabilities seem to be starting to outpace our current ability to control them. (The Economist $)+ Hugging Face had to turn to... Read more »

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags

Some experts say this isn’t unusual for a new infrastructure project. Other power lines have seen similar startup challenges, and the equipment hasn’t really been fully tested until it’s in operation, Normand... Read more »

The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker

This is our latest story to be turned into an MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we publish each week on Spotifyand Apple Podcasts. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on... Read more »

Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own

“I hope it’s remembered for it being that critical stepping stone for … finding Earth 2.0,” says Brandon Creager, the instrument’s lead mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Named after... Read more »

The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout

It began because no one can agree on what to do about Kimi, a free, open-source model that Chinese AI company Moonshot launched last week. It appears to rival the intelligence of... Read more »

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

Delivering these gains depends not only on advances in chip design and system architecture, but on advances in the materials that enable them to perform under extreme conditions. As AI continues to... Read more »

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

It began because no one can agree on what to do about Kimi, a free, open source model that Chinese AI company Moonshot launched last week. It appears to rival the intelligence... Read more »

AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

The models were even more likely to stereotype people by demographic group than the human participants in the original study. On the study’s segregation scale, where 2 means every group has been... Read more »

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

—Monique Kuglitsch, Jesper Dramsch, Franz G. Kuglitsch, & Andrea Toreti The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 SpaceX is negotiating to sell the... Read more »

The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap

Despite what some marketers will claim, there is no test for perimenopause. That doesn’t mean women should have to put up with symptoms, but treatment suggestions often lack scientific evidence. And not... Read more »