A woman made her AI voice clone say “arse.” Then she got banned.

“Well, apparently not, because the next day a human banned me!!!!” says Joyce. She says she felt mortified. “I’d just ...
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Calligraphy bot | MIT Technology Review

Gloria Zhu ’26 and Lee Liu ’26 set out to make a calligraphy machine during IAP 2024. They built its ...
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China’s electric vehicle giants are betting big on humanoid robots

According to statistics from Shenzhen New Strategy Media’s Industrial Research Institute, there were over 160 humanoid-robot manufacturers worldwide as of ...
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The Download: AI-restored voices, and bot relationships

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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Harnessing cloud and AI to power a sustainable future

Data from a poll conducted by MIT Technology Review Insights in 2024 suggests growing momentum for this dynamic duo: 38% ...
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Robots are bringing new life to extinct species

Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse fossil record. But in the last few years, they’ve ...
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AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone

These measures still offer immediate protection. After all, AI companies can’t use what they can’t obtain, regardless of how courts ...
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The Download: DOGE’s influences, and rescuing federal data from deletion

1 The Trump administration is slashing billions in biomedical research funding The change, effective immediately, is sending shockwaves through academia. Expect ...
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What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change

Last week, Boom Supersonic completed its first supersonic test flight of the XB-1 test aircraft. I watched the broadcast live, ...
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The Download: Understanding deep matter, and AI jailbreak protection

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DOGE staffers are feeding sensitive federal ...
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