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The UK government is backing AI scientists that can run their own experiments

“There are better uses for a PhD student than waiting around in a lab until 3am to make sure an experiment is run to the end,” says Ant Rowstron, ARIA’s chief technology... Read more »

The Download: the US digital rights crackdown, and AI companionship

EU officials, freedom of speech experts, and the five people targeted all flatly reject these accusations. Ballon told us that their work is fundamentally about making people feel safer online. But their... Read more »

Going beyond pilots with composable and sovereign AI

The concept to production reality AI pilots almost always work, and that’s the problem. Proofs of concept (PoCs) are meant to validate feasibility, surface use cases, and build confidence for larger investments.... Read more »

What it’s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate

Ahmed, Melford, Breton, and their respective organizations also made their own statements denouncing the entry bans. Ahmed, the only one of the five based in the United States, also successfully filed suit... Read more »

The Download: cut through AI coding hype, and biotech trends to watch

Quote of the day “I am very annoyed. I’m very disappointed. I’m seriously frustrated.”  —Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tells attendees at a healthcare conference this week his feelings about the anti-vaccine agenda... Read more »

Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026

Recently, embryo scoring has evolved. Labs can pinch off a couple of cells from an embryo, look at its DNA, and screen for some genetic diseases. That list of diseases is increasing.... Read more »

Exclusive eBook: How AGI Became a Consequential Conspiracy Theory

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: spying on the spies, and promising climate tech

5 A UK police force blamed Microsoft Copilot for an intelligence error After spending weeks denying it was using AI tools at all. (Ars Technica)+ Worried about police and lawyers using AI? Well, judges... Read more »

Three climate technologies breaking through in 2026

There’s a huge variety of proposals when it comes to what’s next for nuclear. Some companies are building smaller reactors, which they say could make it easier to finance new projects, and... Read more »

The Download: next-gen nuclear, and the data center backlash

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Iran is systematically crippling StarlinkThe satellite internet service is meant to be impossible to jam—but the... Read more »