The race to understand the exhilarating, dangerous world of language AI
On May 18, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced an impressive new tool: an AI system…
Could the ransomware crisis force action against Russia?
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We could see federal regulation on face recognition as early as next week
On May 10, 40 advocacy groups sent an open letter demanding a permanent ban of…
Embracing the rapid pace of AI
In a recent survey, “2021 Thriving in an AI World,” KPMG found that across every…
How space weather could wreck NASA’s return to the moon
Is NASA really going to return humans to the moon in 2024? That was the increasingly…
The American West is bracing for a hot, dry and dangerous summer
Water levels are running dangerously low in rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers across much of the…
Evolving to a more equitable AI
The pandemic that has raged across the globe over the past year has shone a…
What England’s new vaccine passport could mean for covid tech’s next act
Almost exactly a year ago, software developers rushed to build technologies that could help stop…
Half of the world’s emissions cuts will require tech that isn’t commercially available
If the world hopes to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions by midcentury, nearly half the cuts…
China has landed a rover on Mars for the first time—here’s what happens next
On March 14, China’s space program took a huge leap forward when it landed a…