Four reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy usage
The day after his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a $500 billion…
Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI?
In the AI arms race, all the major players say they want to go nuclear. …
How AI is introducing errors into courtrooms
It’s been quite a couple weeks for stories about AI in the courtroom. You might…
The Download: introducing the AI energy package
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Inside the story that enraged OpenAI
In 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched me on writing…
Can crowdsourced fact-checking curb misinformation on social media?
In a 2019 speech at Georgetown University, Mark Zuckerberg famously declared that he didn’t want…
The Download: chaos at OpenAI, and the spa heated by bitcoin mining
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used…
Access to experimental medical treatments is expanding across the US
A couple of weeks ago I was in Washington, DC, for a gathering of scientists,…
The Download: the first personalized gene-editing drug, and Montana’s Right to Try experiment
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…