Bans on deepfakes take us only so far—here’s what we really need
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. There has been some really encouraging...
New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse
Hundreds of robots zip back and forth across the floor of a colossal robotic warehouse, grabbing items and delivering them to human workers for packing and shipping. Such warehouses are...
Parents choosing baby names that sound ‘cool’ on social media
Can you handle this baby name trend? A professional baby namer says parents are now selecting monikers that sound “cool” as a TikTok or Instagram handle. “Communication and technology are...
Generative AI for smart grid modeling
MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) has been awarded $1,365,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to support its involvement with an innovative project, “Forming the...
Google to relaunch ‘woke’ Gemini AI image tool in few weeks
Google said it plans to relaunch its artificial intelligence image generation software within the next few weeks after taking it offline in response to an uproar over what critics called...
“We offer another place for knowledge”
In the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, Jospin Hassan didn’t have access to the education opportunities he sought. So, he decided to create his own. Hassan knew the booming fields...
Intuitive Machines shares plummet after Odysseus moon lander tips over
Shares of Houston-based Intuitive Machines slumped more than 25% on Monday after the space exploration firm said its Odysseus moon lander had tipped over and was resting on its side. The company,...
Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve
As Media Lab students in 2010, Karthik Dinakar SM ’12, PhD ’17 and Birago Jones SM ’12 teamed up for a class project to build a tool that would help...
Conversational AI revolutionizes the customer experience landscape
In the ever-evolving landscape of customer experiences, AI has become a beacon guiding businesses toward seamless interactions. While AI has been transforming businesses long before the latest wave of viral...
How to Use ChatGPT’s Memory Feature
Everything reminds me of Her. While ChatGPT is not as powerful as the artificial intelligence from Spike Jonze’s sci-fi romance movie, OpenAI’s experimental memory tool for its chatbot seems to...
How a Small Iowa Newspaper’s Website Became an AI-Generated Clickbait Factory
In his spare time, Tony Eastin likes to dabble in the stock market. One day last year, he Googled a pharmaceutical company that seemed like a promising investment. One of...
Only fools believe stock surge is just the ‘Magnificent 7’ — It’s not
Current mythology claims “just a handful of stocks” took the S&P 500 to new highs. Supposedly AI hype driving the “Magnificent 7” Tech stocks in a 2000-era bubblicious redux. Wrong....
These major companies are using AI to snoop on employees’ online chats
Gone are the days of in-office water cooler chats, The work from home movement has given way for more employee chats to take place online. However, remote workers may want to...
AT&T to credit customers a full day of service for Thursday outage: ‘Right thing to do’
AT&T will credit customers a full day of service for the carrier’s more than 10-hour outage on Thursday that affected more than 70,000 users, saying it was the “right thing...
Ex-Google exec claims he was denied promotion by woke tech firm because he’s a white man
A rising tech star at Google left the “woke” company after being told he wouldn’t get promoted because he is a white man – only to get the last laugh...
