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The Download: the climate tech companies to watch, and mysterious AI models

For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing their fields forward. This year, we’re launching a new list,... Read more »

We know remarkably little about how AI language models work

Read the full story here.  Deeper Learning Google DeepMind has launched a watermarking tool for AI-generated images Google DeepMind has launched a new watermarking tool that labels whether images have been generated... Read more »

Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch will highlight startups and established businesses that our editors think could have the greatest potential to substantially reduce greenhouse-gas emissions or otherwise address... Read more »

The Download: how Yale University has prepared for ChatGPT, and schools’ AI reckoning

For many people, the start of September marks the real beginning of the year. Back-to-school season always feels like a reset moment. However, the big topic this time around seems to be... Read more »

How one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year

The big thing this year seems to be the same one that defined the end of last year: ChatGPT and other large language models. Last winter and spring brought so many headlines... Read more »

The Download: stem cell experiments, and coining “embryo tech”

The news: In an important test for stem-cell medicine, biotech company BlueRock Therapeutics says implants of lab-made neurons introduced into the brains of 12 people with Parkinson’s disease appear to be safe... Read more »

Here’s why I am coining the term “embryo tech”

I’m not sure how much money has been plowed into embryonic stem cells so far, but it’s definitely in the billions. And in many cases, the original proof of principle that cell... Read more »

A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains

Legal questions Embryonic stem cells were first isolated in 1998 at the University of Wisconsin from embryos made in fertility clinics. They are useful to scientists because they can be grown in... Read more »

The Download: China’s AI chatbots go public, and how climate change is affecting hurricanes

The news: Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence companies, has announced it’s opening up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot, to the general public. The context:  Launched in mid-March,... Read more »

How climate change can supercharge hurricanes

So even though I live in the Northeast now, by the time late August rolls around I’m constantly on hurricane watch. And while the season has been relatively quiet so far, a... Read more »