AI robot pets can be adorable and emotionally responsive. They also raise questions about attachment and mental health
Remember Furbies—the eerie, gremlin-like toys from the late 90s that gained a cult following? Now,…
Robotic dogs can inspire emergent leadership in humans
A study from the Media Innovation Lab (miLAB) at Reichman University's School of Communications explored…
Fear of addiction, fear of missing out: How increased AI use can trigger anxiety
A new study by Prof. Guy Hochman and Adi Frenkenberg from the Baruch Ivcher School…
Those constantly distracted by their phone will just find other ways to procrastinate if it isn't nearby, study suggests
A new study published in Frontiers in Computer Science investigated if placing smartphones just out…
The Download: how people fall for pig butchering schemes, and saving glaciers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a way to peer inside a large language model…
What is Signal? The messaging app, explained.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to…
“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation
This week, MIT Technology Review published a piece on bodyoids—living bodies that cannot think or…
The Download: peering inside an LLM, and the rise of Signal
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The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…