The Download: power in Puerto Rico, and the pitfalls of AI agents
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How AI can help make cities work better for residents
In recent decades, cities have become increasingly adept at amassing all sorts of data. But…
The Download: how AI can improve a city, and inside OpenAI’s empire
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries
Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning…
Shoring up global supply chains with generative AI
The outbreak of covid-19 laid bare the vulnerabilities of global, interconnected supply chains. National lockdowns…
Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration
Earlier this week, two new leaders of the US Food and Drug Administration published a…
Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it,” the famed computer scientist…
The Download: gambling with humanity’s future, and the FDA under Trump
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys?
On May 6, 2010, at 2:32 p.m. Eastern time, nearly a trillion dollars evaporated from…
These new batteries are finding a niche
Lithium-ion batteries have some emerging competition: Sodium-based alternatives are starting to make inroads. Sodium is…