‘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...
