The US and China are pointing fingers at each other over climate change
The UN climate conference just wrapped up over the weekend after a marathon negotiating session…
The Download: China’s social credit law, and robot dog navigation
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Chinese government’s problematic quest to judge online comments
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it…
The Download: resurrecting mammoths, and the climate bill’s big flaw
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Watch this robot dog scramble over tricky terrain just by using its camera
When Ananye Agarwal took his dog out for a walk up and down the steps…
China just announced a new social credit law. Here’s what it means.
It’s easier to talk about what China’s social credit system isn’t than what it is.…
Trust large language models at your own peril
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories…
How much would you pay to see a woolly mammoth?
Sara Ord spent her week talking to scientists about skin cells from a mouse-size marsupial…
The US climate bill has made emission reductions dependent on economic success
In August, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, the largest…
Why Meta’s latest large language model survived only three days online
On November 15 Meta unveiled a new large language model called Galactica, designed to assist…