Space travel is dangerous. Could genetic testing and gene editing make it safer?
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in…
The Download: safer space travel, and generative AI in video games
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of…
Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe
In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it’s been common…
Roundtables: Putting AI’s Climate Impact Into Perspective
Recorded on September 25, 2024 Putting AI’s Climate Impact Into Perspective Speakers: David Rotman, Editor-at-large,…
Want AI that flags hateful content? Build it.
Humane Intelligence, an organization focused on evaluating AI systems, is launching a competition that challenges…
Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it…
An AI script editor could help decide what films get made in Hollywood
Every day across Hollywood, scores of film school graduates and production assistants work as script…
OpenAI released its advanced voice mode to more people. Here’s how to get it.
OpenAI is broadening access to Advanced Voice Mode, a feature of ChatGPT that allows you…
Why one developer won’t quit fighting to connect the US’s grids
Michael Skelly hasn’t learned to take no for an answer. For much of the last…