How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our…
These four charts sum up the state of AI and energy
While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI…
The Download: the US office that tracks foreign disinformation is being eliminated, and explaining vibe coding
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Social networks are vulnerable to relatively simple AI manipulation and polarization
It seems that no matter the topic of conversation, online opinion around it will be…
How architecture shapes video game play
When players enter the virtual worlds of video games, they are greeted by complex architectural…
A small US city is experimenting with AI to find out what residents want
Bowling Green, Kentucky, is home to 75,000 residents who recently wrapped up an experiment in…
AI is coming for music, too
Artificial intelligence was barely a term in 1956, when top scientists from the field of…
What is vibe coding, exactly?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to…
Jurassic Patent: How Colossal Biosciences is attempting to own the “woolly mammoth”
Colossal Biosciences not only wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—it wants to patent it,…
The Download: how AI is changing music, and a US city’s AI experiment
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…