Move over, text: Video is the new medium of our lives
The other day I idly opened TikTok to find a video of a young woman…
We finally have a definition for open-source AI
Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it…
The Download: the future of human evolution, and touch sensing for robots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Tech that measures our brainwaves is 100 years old. How will we be using it 100 years from now?
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in…
Andrew Ng’s new model lets you play around with solar geoengineering to see what would happen
AI pioneer Andrew Ng has released a simple online tool that allows anyone to tinker…
AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities
As a lifelong disabled person who constantly copes with multiple conditions, I have a natural…
The Download: simulating solar geoengineering, and AI-enabled accessibility
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How we could turn plastic waste into food
In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research…
A new system lets robots sense human touch without artificial skin
Even the most capable robots aren’t great at sensing human touch; you typically need a…
Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution
In 2016, I attended a large meeting of journalists in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker…