This AI system makes human tutors better at teaching children math
The US has a major problem with education inequality. Children from low-income families are less…
Storytelling study provides a window into the inner workings, ongoing limitations of generative AI tools like ChatGPT
Imagine you decide to write a short story about a protagonist who creates an artificial…
Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality
Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full circle. His first experience with virtual-reality headsets…
More user control may help ease negative reactions to ads on voice assistants
Voice assistants (VAs) like Alexa and Siri continue to gain popularity in households and on…
How Wayve’s driverless cars will meet one of their biggest challenges yet
The UK driverless-car startup Wayve is headed west. The firm’s cars learned to drive on…
Reckoning with generative AI’s uncanny valley
Generative AI has the power to surprise in a way that few other technologies can.…
Microsoft pushes for gaming supremacy with 'Call of Duty' release
Microsoft's ambition to become the "Netflix of video games" faces a huge test this week…
Avoiding value decay in digital transformation
Mission-critical digital transformation projects too often end with a whimper rather than a bang. An…
Kids are learning how to make their own little language models
“This new AI technology—it’s very interesting to learn how it works and understand it more,”…
The Download: Wayve’s driverless ambitions, and AI models built by kids
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…