The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
These protocols will help AI agents navigate our messy lives
A growing number of companies are launching AI agents that can do things on your…
A glimpse into OpenAI’s largest ambitions
OpenAI has given itself a dual mandate. On the one hand, it’s a tech giant…
The Download: AI agent infrastructure, and OpenAI’s ambitions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Download: fixing ‘evil’ AI, and the White House’s war on science
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Forcing LLMs to be evil during training can make them nicer in the long run
A new study from Anthropic suggests that traits such as sycophancy or evilness are associated…
How decades-old frozen embryos are changing the shape of families
This week we welcomed a record-breaking baby to the world. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived…
The Download: how fertility tech is changing families, and Trump’s latest tariffs
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Roundtables: Why It’s So Hard to Make Welfare AI Fair
Amsterdam tried using algorithms to fairly assess welfare applicants, but bias still crept in. Why…
An EPA rule change threatens to gut US climate regulations
This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s “America Undone” series, examining how the foundations…