In many high-stakes situations, large language models are not worth the risk. Knowing which outputs to trust and which to ...

Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real.

Some time before the first dinosaurs, two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana, collided, forcing molten rock out from the ...

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New AI programs that analyze bodycam recordings promise more transparency but are doing little to change culture.

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CAR-T cells could revolutionize the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, if only we can make them cheaper. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly ...

L. Ron Hubbard, Operation Midnight Climax, and stochastic terrorism—the race for mind control changed America forever. On an early spring day in 1959, Edward Hunter testified before a US Senate ...

And then there’s the fun part: getting your hands dirty. Choosing the IC path has allowed me to spend more time designing and building AI/ML systems than other management roles would ...

Researchers are using generative AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills—including tasks they could perform in homes. Silent. Rigid. Clumsy. Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward ...

As the air gets cleaner, the world is also losing an important cooling effect. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox ...