How Trump is helping China extend its massive lead in clean energy
On a spring day in 1954, Bell Labs researchers showed off the first practical solar…
Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.
Earlier this summer, I walked through the glassy lobby of a fancy office in London,…
YouTube's AI editing scandal reveals how reality can be manipulated without our consent
Disclosure, consent and platform power have become newly invigorated battlefields with the rise of AI.
Transforming CX with embedded real-time analytics
During Black Friday in 2024, Stripe processed more than $31 billion in transactions, with processing…
The Download: unnerving AI avatars, and Trump’s climate gift to China
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Building the AI-enabled enterprise of the future
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how the world operates. With its potential to automate repetitive…
The connected customer
As brands compete for increasingly price conscious consumers, customer experience (CX) has become a decisive…
ChatGPT only talks in cliches—here's why that's a threat to human creativity
When you chat with ChatGPT, it often feels like you're talking to someone polite, engaged…
Apertus: A fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
In July, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS announced their joint initiative to build a large…
What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content
You've probably encountered images in your social media feeds that look like a cross between…