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Farmers use AI and satellites to monitor the health of their crops from space. On this episode of In Machines We Trust, learn how these satellites are built and tested.
Show In Machines We Trust, Ep Audio Postcard: How to test a satellite - Jan 17, 2023
Last month, MIT Technology Review broke the news that a US startup claimed it had conducted a solar geoengineering experiment in Baja California, Mexico. Then the Mexican government announced plans to ban related experiments.
The nation announced plans to ban experiments following a startup’s attempt to release reflective particles in the stratosphere, raising difficult questions among scientists exploring methods for cooling the planet.
A balanced diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction can help prevent heart disease—the world’s biggest killer. But what if people could take a vaccine to prevent it, too?
Advances in gene editing may soon make that vision possible.
Last year, Verve Therapeutics started the first human trial of a CRISPR treatment that could benefit most people—a signal that gene editing may be ready to go mainstream.
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The tool could let teachers spot plagiarism or help social media platforms fight disinformation bots.
An online tool could help people navigate what can be a very difficult, expensive, and personal decision.
Today in The Download, our daily newsletter: watermarking AI text, and freezing eggs.
Plus: Elon Musk has met with US politicians to discuss Twitter fairness
In the world of cybersecurity, there is always one certainty: more hacks. Here are the types of attacks that experts predict will occur this year.
“When it comes to really cutting off ransomware from the source, I think we took a step back.”
Social media algorithms seemingly change at whim, forcing creators—especially those from marginalized groups—to constantly reevaluate the moderation practices of the platforms they use.
Figuring out social media platforms’ hidden rules is hard work—and it falls more heavily on creators from marginalized backgrounds.
Biological clocks hint at how many years of healthy life you have left. Our reporter tried one of these tools... and she wasn't too pleased with her result.
Biological clocks hint at how many years of healthy life you have left. I was gutted to learn that my veggie diet and regular yoga haven't put me above average.
“It almost feels like you can't take a break."
"I started having regular breakdowns."
"I burned out really hard at one point. And [the situation] just kind of felt hopeless."
Companies say they want ethical AI. But those working in the field say that ambition comes at their expense.
Companies say they want ethical AI. But those working in the field say that ambition comes at their expense.
Three books lay bare the weirdness of how our brains process the world around us.
Three new books lay bare the weirdness of how our brains process the world around us.
Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted.
Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted
ChatGPT came up with some boring (and potentially risky) training plans, so don't take its fitness advice too seriously.
Fitness advice from OpenAI’s large language model is impressively presented—but don’t take it too seriously.
How will generative AI shape the future of industrial design? Stay ahead of the curve with this business report.
Product Description Generative AI is a category of algorithms which create original content based on a user’s instructions. Some of the most well-known examples, such as DALL-E-2 and Midjourney, produce stunning original images when given a written prompt. Generative AI’s impact on industrial de...
Today in The Download, our daily newsletter: ChatGPT workout plans, and cleaning up aviation.
Plus: Donald Trump is staging a return to Facebook
Finding new ways to power planes will cut emissions, but it could take decades to transform the aviation industry.
Artist Ani Liu’s work stands out for the precision with which it zeroes in on the frustrations of 21st-century motherhood.
Aging contributes to the risk of developing a number of diseases. But is getting older a disease in and of itself?
In its latest catalogue of health conditions, the World Health Organization almost equated old age with disease. Then it backed off.
We wanted to learn what large language models know about our AI reporter and our editor in chief. Our findings raise some serious concerns around data protection and privacy.
Large language models are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from the internet. So I wanted to know: What does it have on me?
This could be the beginning of new era in disease prevention.
In a first, a patient in New Zealand has undergone gene-editing to lower their cholesterol. It could be the beginning of new era in disease prevention.
Patients looking for facts around cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a rare disorder affecting heavy ma*****na users, faced an information landscape that was “largely terrible.” Then, a feud between a w**d influencer and a scientist made it worse.
A scientist went looking for genes that cause cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. But a public spat with a cannabis influencer who suffers from the disease may have derailed his research.
"We view the embryo as the best 3D bio printer."
With plans to create realistic synthetic embryos, grown in jars, Renewal Bio is on a journey to the horizon of science and ethics.
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? In this episode of In Machines We Trust, go behind the scenes of an investigation that uncovered how sensitive photos taken by an AI powered vacuum were leaked and landed on the internet.
Show In Machines We Trust, Ep House training a robot - Jan 24, 2023
In the spirit of the Lunar New Year, our reporter revisited four of the people he interviewed in the last year and asked about their goals and resolutions for the Year of the Rabbit.
Revisiting our favorite stories and people from the past year.
Today in The Download, our daily newsletter: a brain implant breakthrough, and China tech reflections.
Plus: the US and Germany are sending battle tanks to Ukraine
Some recent Innovators Under 35 are making it possible for familiar materials like glass and steel to have completely new properties.
This year's 35 Innovators are making it possible for familiar materials like glass, steel, and electronics to have completely new properties.
China wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Methanol-powered vehicles could help.
Methanol fuel can help China reach its carbon-neutrality goal faster—as long as it isn’t made from coal.
Ultimately, the future of electric planes may depend on the future of progress in battery technology.
Batteries could power planes, but weight will limit how far they fly.
For years scientists have tried to find a gene for conditions like schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and autism. But the real source could lie in a much more complex genetic puzzle.
When quantum computers become powerful enough, they could theoretically crack the encryption algorithms that keep us safe. The race is on to find new ones.
Wanted: human faces for artificial-intelligence corporate clones.
AI-powered characters based on real people can star in thousands of videos and say anything, in any language.
On Tuesday, January 31, join us at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a free screening of Make People Better, a new documentary about the daring scientific effort to create the world’s first gene-edited babies.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring MIT Technology Review’s senior biomedicine editor, Antonio Regalado, who appears in the film. Learn more about the event and RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3Hst4vW
Join us for a screening of a new documentary, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A.
Brain interfaces could let paralyzed people speak at almost normal speeds.
This week in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter about artificial intelligence: The economy is down, but AI is hot. Where do we go from here?
Plus: AI is bringing the internet to submerged Roman ruins.
An open standard called RISC-V lowers the barrier of entry to chip design. Its popularity could upend the semiconductor industry's current power dynamics.
An open standard called RISC-V is rewriting the economics of chip design and shaking up the tech sector’s power dynamics.
Computer chip designs are expensive and hard to license. That’s all about to change thanks to the popular open standard known as RISC-V. That's why it's one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2023.
Computer chip designs are expensive and hard to license. That’s all about to change thanks to the popular open standard known as RISC-V.
Today in The Download, our daily newsletter:
🌳 Some good climate news
💻 A new chip design that changes everything
🔥 AI research stays hot despite economic downturn
Plus: Elon Musk has defended a controversial tweet in court
The system could provide live structural data more cheaply and quickly than existing methods—and help engineers prevent catastrophic collapses.
On one hand, chatting up a spam texter can invite even more spam texts to your phone. On the other hand, it can be kind of funny.
Our phones are being inundated with text scams. Some people are using humor to fight back.
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