Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy
On the southern tip of Malaysia lies the state of Johor, renowned for its beaches and mountainous jungle. But Johor has a new boom industry: data centers to power generative...
Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar
Lara Ozkan, an MIT senior from Oradell, New Jersey, has been selected as a 2025 Marshall Scholar and will begin graduate studies in the United Kingdom next fall. Funded by...
AI’s emissions are about to skyrocket even further
It’s no secret that the current AI boom is using up immense amounts of energy. Now we have a better idea of how much. A new paper, from a team...
Disturbing video reveals shocking flaw in Open AI video generator
Talk about a stretch. OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence video maker has techies in a twist after the tool, named Sora, created a creepy clip of a gymnast contorting her body...
Tips for ChatGPT’s Voice Mode? Best AI Uses for Retirees? Our Expert Answers Your Questions
Thank you so much to all the readers who tuned in live to participate in the second installment of our question and answer series focused on artificial intelligence. I was...
Teaching a robot its limits, to complete open-ended tasks safely
If someone advises you to “know your limits,” they’re likely suggesting you do things like exercise in moderation. To a robot, though, the motto represents learning constraints, or limitations of...
Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
Google DeepMind has announced an impressive grab bag of new products and prototypes that may just let it seize back its lead in the race to turn generative artificial intelligence...
Why incoming FTC chair Andrew Ferguson will ‘bring the heat on Big Tech’
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Andrew Ferguson to head the Federal Trade Commission is the latest sign that his administration plans to continue a crackdown on Big Tech bad actors...
OnlyFans Models Are Using AI Impersonators to Keep Up With Their DMs
One of the more persistent concerns in the age of AI is that the robots will take our jobs. The extent to which this fear is founded remains to be...
