OpenAI: The power and the pride
In April, Paul Graham, the founder of the tech startup accelerator Y Combinator, sent a…
The Download: nuclear-powered AI, and a short history of creativity
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Anthropic’s new hybrid AI model can work on tasks autonomously for hours at a time
Anthropic has announced two new AI models that it claims represent a major step toward…
The FDA plans to limit access to covid vaccines. Here’s why that’s not all bad.
This week, two new leaders at the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to…
Meet Cathy Tie, Bride of “China’s Frankenstein”
Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought…
The Download: meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new AI models
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Roundtables: A New Look at AI’s Energy Use
Recorded on May 21, 2025 Big Tech’s appetite for energy is growing rapidly as adoption…
Three takeaways about AI’s energy use and climate impacts
This week, we published Power Hungry, a package all about AI and energy. At the…
A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth
In 2003, engineers from Germany and Switzerland began building a bridge across the Rhine River…
The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…