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Google DeepMind’s new generative model makes Super Mario-like games from scratch

“It’s cool work,” says Matthew Gudzial, an AI researcher at the University of Alberta, who developed a similar game generator a few years ago.  Genie was trained on 30,000 hours of video... Read more »

Generative AI: Differentiating disruptors from the disrupted

The overarching message from this research is that plans among corporate leaders to disrupt competition using the new technology—rather than being disrupted–—may founder on a host of challenges that many executives appear... Read more »

Why concerns over the sustainability of carbon removal are growing

In background conversations, several industry insiders I’ve spoken with acknowledge that the number of carbon removal companies is simply unsustainable, and that a sizable share will flame out at some point. The... Read more »

How scientists are using quantum squeezing to push the limits of their sensors

LIGO has confirmed 90 gravitational wave detections so far, but physicists want to detect more, which will require making the experiment even more sensitive. And that is a challenge.  “The struggle of... Read more »

Roundtables: An Inside Look at the 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

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: introducing the Hidden Worlds issue

But rather than just jumping straight into the US, many of these firms are using Southeast Asia as both a testing ground, and a production hub. And they’re treading a well-worn path... Read more »

Illuminating the life of a cell

“There are many examples in biology where an event triggers a long downstream cascade of events, which then causes a specific cellular function,” says Edward Boyden ’99, MEng ’99, a professor of... Read more »

Paul David Tompkins ’92

Launching a legacy. As the steward of Paul’s estate, Mimi knew that using it to make an endowed scholarship gift would be a fitting way to honor his memory. “Paul’s MIT degree launched... Read more »

MIT Hobby Shop rebuilt

Smidt says she loves the lathe but is also very fond of a small tool called a French curve scraper, which she used to sand the curves of the desk that was... Read more »

Learning and listening in Amazonia

In the town of Alter do Chão, where my professor lived, traditional Paraense carimbó music dominated everyone’s social lives. As an undergraduate who was double-­majoring in music, I decided to join the... Read more »