“OpenAI is building the future of AI on infrastructure it doesn’t own, power it doesn’t control, and capital it doesn’t have.” —Andrey Sidorenko, head of research at data firm Mostly AI, critiques... Read more »
The list features a “latest status” column, which includes the word “terminate” next to the roughly $50 million award amounts for each project. Those line up with the initial tranche of Department... Read more »
The list notes that around $50 million in funding has been terminated for both projects, the initial tranche of Department of Energy (DOE) funding for each development. Each was set to receive... Read more »
But Chinese AI toy companies have their sights set beyond the nation’s borders. BubblePal was launched in the US in December 2024 and is now also available in Canada and the UK.... Read more »
On a bright afternoon in August, the shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake looks like something out of a science fiction film set in a scorching alien world. This otherworldly scene is... Read more »
The Great Salt Lake isn’t an obvious place to develop a lithium mine. The Salton Sea boasts lithium concentrations of just under 200 parts per million. Argentina, where Lilac has another test... Read more »
OpenAI is making moves toward monetizing things (you can now buy products directly through ChatGPT, for example). On October 3, its CEO, Sam Altman, wrote in a blog post that “we are... Read more »
Every year, the MIT Technology Review newsroom produces a list of some of the most promising climate tech firms on the planet. It’s an exercise that we hope brings positive attention to... Read more »
Furthermore, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 slammed the doors on supplies of Russian uranium, including the fuel with a higher concentration of uranium-235 that’s needed to make the pellets for Kairos’s... Read more »
Cyclic Materials is trying to address that challenge. In its two-part recycling process, rare earth–containing devices will first be amassed at “spoke” facilities. The devices will be shredded, and their magnet waste... Read more »