Embarrassed Spotify users are hacking their ‘Wrapped’ results
The countdown is on to expose your most humiliating music search history. Spotify Wrapped is drooping soon and some music lovers are rigging their results so they can show off...
How Do You Get to Artificial General Intelligence? Think Lighter
In 2025, entrepreneurs will unleash a flood of AI-powered apps. Finally, generative AI will deliver on the hype with a new crop of affordable consumer and business apps. This is...
A data designer driven to collaborate with communities
It is fairly common in public discourse for someone to announce, “I brought data to this discussion,” thus casting their own conclusions as empirical and rational. It is less common...
The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example, was launched in May with a...
Caroline Ellison gets 3 months taken off 2-year sentence
Convicted FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s former on-again, off-again girlfriend will serve less prison time than her original sentence, according to a report. Caroline Ellison, who ran Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research cryptocurrency...
US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips
The US government has been imposing similar export controls on China aimed at limiting its ability to mint advanced silicon for years, but the controls apparently didn’t stop Huawei from...
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people’s homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generates...
These AI Minecraft characters did weirdly human stuff all on their own
Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes, voted on tax reforms and even spread a...
Microsoft facing wide-ranging antitrust probe by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The...
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
AI-generated writing is now all over the internet. The introduction of automated prose can sometimes change a website’s character, like when once beloved publications get purchased and overhauled into AI...
Improving health, one machine learning system at a time
Captivated as a child by video games and puzzles, Marzyeh Ghassemi was also fascinated at an early age in health. Luckily, she found a path where she could combine the two...
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT...
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How Best to Use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Other AI Tools? Our AI Expert Answers Your Questions
What are the key differences between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and other top AI tools? Which one is best? How deeply should you be concerned about AI systems using your...
Building an understanding of how drivers interact with emerging vehicle technologies
As the global conversation around assisted and automated vehicles (AVs) evolves, the MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium continues to lead cutting-edge research aimed at understanding how drivers interact with...
