‘It gave me so much advice’
Is this the mess-AI-iah? Just in case artificial intelligence hasn’t been taking on enough jobs lately — and now it’s replacing the almighty. A church in Switzerland is now using...
The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI
The US Patent and Trademark Office banned the use of generative artificial intelligence for any purpose last year, citing security concerns with the technology as well as the propensity of...
A model of virtuosity
A crowd gathered at the MIT Media Lab in September for a concert by musician Jordan Rudess and two collaborators. One of them, violinist and vocalist Camilla Bäckman, has performed...
Unlocking the mysteries of complex biological systems with agentic AI
The complexity of biology has long been a double-edged sword for scientific and medical progress. On one hand, the intricacy of systems (like the human immune response) offers countless opportunities...
DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome: report
The Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will ask the judge,...
Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
In perhaps the most adorable hacker story of the year, a trio of technologists in India found an innovative way to circumvent Apple’s location restrictions on AirPod Pro 2s so...
Ensuring a durable transition
To fend off the worst impacts of climate change, “we have to decarbonize, and do it even faster,” said William H. Green, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and...
How this grassroots effort could make AI voices more diverse
We are on the cusp of a voice AI boom, with tech companies such as Apple and OpenAI rolling out the next generation of artificial-intelligence-powered assistants. But the default voices...
Elon Musk expands lawsuit against OpenAI, adds Microsoft as defendant
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI’s largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant. Musk’s amended lawsuit, filed on Thursday night...
Some of Substack’s Biggest Writers Rely On AI Writing Tools
Substack does not have an official policy governing the use of AI. One of Substack’s cofounders, Hamish McKenzie, has described the generative AI boom as a sea change that writers...
3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design
The process of computational design in mechanical engineering often begins with a problem or a goal, followed by an assessment of literature, resources, and systems available to address the issue....
Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind”
AI has led to breakthroughs in drug discovery and robotics and is in the process of entirely revolutionizing how we interact with machines and the web. The only problem is...
5 words or phrases you should never Google — to avoid being hacked
Googling seems harmless, but what you google may actually put you at risk of falling victim to a hacker. Cybersecurity experts have revealed common words and phrases you should never...
The AI Machine Gun of the Future Is Already Here
Amid a rising tide of low-cost weaponized adversary drones menacing American troops abroad, the US military is pulling out all the stops to protect its forces from the ever-present threat...
Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation
Imagine using artificial intelligence to compare two seemingly unrelated creations — biological tissue and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9.” At first glance, a living system and a musical masterpiece might appear...
