How China is regulating robotaxis
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Not many technologies have had such a...
Lifelike Einstein, Hawking could be college lecturers thanks to hologram technology
College students may soon be able to attend lectures given by long-dead pioneers like Albert Einstein and Coco Chanel thanks to groundbreaking hologram technology, according to a report. Some universities...
What to do about AI in health?
Before a drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it must demonstrate both safety and efficacy. However, the FDA does not require an understanding a drug’s...
Schiaparelli stuns with couture robot baby, motherboard dress
Peek-AI-boo! At Paris haute couture fashion week on Monday, Schiaparelli’s creative director, Daniel Roseberry, wowed viewers yet again with his mind-boggling, futuristic collection featuring an extra-terrestrial flare — even introducing...
Meta’s retreat from news content is hurting traffic for media outlets: report
News outlets are experiencing major losses in visitor traffic – and hits to their revenue – as Facebook and Instagram parent Meta pivots away from the news business, according to...
Amazon hit with $35M fine for ‘excessively intrusive’ worker productivity monitoring
Amazon was slapped with a $35 million fine Tuesday after regulators in France determined that the e-commerce giant has an “excessively intrusive system” for keeping tabs on its warehouse workers....
‘Extremely dangerous’ leak reveals 26 billion account records stolen from Twitter, LinkedIn, more: ‘Mother of All Breaches’
One of the largest data breaches to date could compromise billions of accounts worldwide, prompting concerns of widespread cybercrime. Dubbed the “Mother of All Breaches,” the massive leak revealed 26...
Chinese Startup 01.AI Is Winning the Open Source AI Race
Delange said that open source language models are improving rapidly and can be better than OpenAI’s market-leading GPT-4 for some specialized tasks. But he noted that many of the best...
What’s next for robotaxis in 2024
In 2023, it almost felt as if the promise of robotaxis was soon to be fulfilled. Hailing a robotaxi had briefly become the new trendy thing to do in San...
Why does AI being good at math matter?
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week the AI world was...
Google News searches ranked AI-generated ripoffs above real articles — including a Post exclusive
Google News searches turn up AI-generated articles that brazenly steal from legitimate media outlets – and The Post has already identified at least one such ripoff of its own published...
Alphabet’s X division lays off dozens of workers to further cut costs
Google parent Alphabet will reportedly lay off dozens of workers in a secretive division that develops new technology as part of the search giant’s broader cost-cutting push. In recent months,...
Apple’s 2 tips to improve your iPhone’s battery life
An iPhone’s battery life can end up being something to worry about, hoping that your phone will make it through the day without a charge. Thankfully, Apple has two official...
‘immediately remove’ bird poop, dead bugs
The the manual for Tesla’s newly unveiled Cybertruck advises that owners to remove bird poop, tree sap and dead insects from the futuristic vehicle in order to prevent damage to...
Google search result quality getting worse due to ‘SEO spam’: study
The quality of Google’s search engine results has “gotten worse” due to rampant spam, according to a study out of Germany. The findings were based on a year-long analysis of...
