The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Download: how to run an LLM, and a history of “three-parent babies”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable…
How to run an LLM on your laptop
MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Simon Willison has a…
Finding value from AI agents from day one
Imagine AI so sophisticated it could read a customer’s mind? Or identify and close a…
A brief history of “three-parent babies”
This week we heard that eight babies have been born in the UK following an…
These four charts show where AI companies could go next in the US
No one knows exactly how AI will transform our communities, workplaces, and society as a…
Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF
Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA…
In defense of air-conditioning
I’ll admit that I’ve rarely hesitated to point an accusing finger at air-conditioning. I’ve outlined…
The Download: three-person babies, and tracking “AI readiness” in the US
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…