The AI Hype Train Has Stalled in China
That, along with the cost of computing power, makes it difficult for startups like Xie’s to build the kind of huge, sweeping models that their equivalents in the US are...
Helping computer vision and language models understand what they see
Powerful machine-learning algorithms known as vision and language models, which learn to match text with images, have shown remarkable results when asked to generate captions or summarize videos. While these...
Apple site ‘crashes’ hours before iPhone 15 launch event
The Apple Store website was out of commission Tuesday morning — hours before the launch of the tech giant’s latest and most expensive iPhone. The company’s landing page read: “Be...
A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care
An accomplished MIT student researcher in health care robotics, with many scholarship and fellowship awards to his name, A. Michael West is nonchalant about how he chose his path. “I...
Vladimir Putin hails Elon Musk as an ‘outstanding person’ after Starlink controversy
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hailed South African-born businessman Elon Musk as an “outstanding person” and businessman whose SpaceX company had become a major player in the space transportation...
Playing video games can improve these aspects of daily life
Three in four mobile gamers swear video games have improved their lives. A recent survey of 2,000 American gamers revealed how video games are more than just pastimes — 72%...
Yellow line on I-95 in Florida confuses motorists, cars with driver-assistance tech
A mysterious — and misplaced — yellow line painted along a busy Florida highway has puzzled motorists — and confused cars with driver-assistance technology as state officials rush to clean...
$10B spent per year to keep monopoly: DOJ
The US Justice Department’s epic trial against Google kicked off on Tuesday with prosecutors claiming that the tech giant “pays more than $10 billion per year” to companies including Apple...
Hammer-wielding man bashes Cruise robotaxi in San Francisco
A masked man with a hammer bashed in a Cruise robotaxi in downtown San Francisco on Sunday night — the latest incident involving the autonomous vehicles that have drawn complaints...
Apple stock continues to slide despite splashy iPhone 15 reveal
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the tech giant’s latest iPhones, watches and AirPods in a splashy Tuesday event – but failed to stem a weeklong slump in shares of the...
Threads blocks search for ‘COVID,’ ‘vaccines,’ ‘coronavirus’ over disinformation fear
Meta Platforms’ Threads has censored search terms that include the words “COVID,” “vaccines” and “coronavirus” in a bid to thwart the spread of disinformation, the company said. Mark Zuckerberg’s purported...
Apple holds iPhone 15 event, debuts Series 9 Watch
Apple debuted a new Series 9 Watch with a more powerful processor on Tuesday ahead of an expected announcement about the iPhone 15 with new charging ports and better cameras –...
There’s never been a more important time in AI policy
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Before we get started I wanted...
Elon Musk ‘passed out’ during Moscow meeting after taking vodka shots
Elon Musk once got so drunk after downing several shots of vodka during a business meeting in Moscow that he “passed out,” according to excerpts from a new book. Musk...
Robots that learn as they fail could unlock a new era of AI
Lerrel Pinto is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2023 Innovators Under 35. Asked to explain his work, Lerrel Pinto, 31, likes to shoot back another question: When did you last...
