Here’s Proof the AI Boom Is Real: More People Are Tapping ChatGPT at Work
Ever since the rollout of ChatGPT in November 2022, many people in science, business, and media have been obsessed with AI. A cursory look at my own published work during...
MIT launches Working Group on Generative AI and the Work of the Future
From students crafting essays and engineers writing code to call center operators responding to customers, generative artificial intelligence tools have prompted a wave of experimentation over the past year. At...
Convertible sofa beds could be the future of airplane seating
Flying could become like couch-surfing in the sky. Sardine-can airplane seating may not become the norm as AI predicted. An Italian aerospace company has designed a convertible “sofa-bed”-style business class...
Robots are taking over NYC — replacing humans in spas and doctors’ offices
The robot will see you now! At this NYC spa, the “hands” of the masseuse giving you a rubdown may not be pumping with blood but filled with data. Aescape...
Tesla faces new rival in China as smartphone maker Xiaomi unveils first electric car
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched a sporty electric car on Thursday with styling cues drawn from Porsche and priced below Tesla’s Model 3, highlighting the stiff competition from new entrants in an already...
Amazon pours $150B into data centers to handle expected AI boom
Amazon is reportedly planning to spend a whopping $150 billion within the next 15 years on building data centers — a move that will position the tech giant to be...
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta executives to obtain Snapchat data: court docs
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg once pressed executives to “figure out” how to obtain encrypted data from rival Snapchat in order to gain a leg up in the advertising market, according...
What’s next for generative video
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. When...
Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI
Last summer, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Provost Cynthia Barnhart issued a call for papers to “articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of...
