The Download: Google DeepMind’s plans for robots, and Eastern Europe’s changing tech sector
The news: Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. ...
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The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll
—An anonymous US agency worker says they’re not impressed by a chatbot DOGE created in an attempt to automate work ...
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A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers
Microsoft has been on a quest to synthesize this state, called a Majorana fermion, in the form of quasiparticles. The ...
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Roundtables: Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet
Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, and Niall Firth, executive editor. Generative AI search, one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies ...
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The Download: 4G on the moon, and parenting in the digital age
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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The Download: ancient DNA’s modern uses, and an AI-artist collaboration
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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Adventures in the ancient DNA time machine
This narrative has made him a favorite on television programs like Nova and secured lavish funding from Danish corporations. His ...
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Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.
And there was no way to predict how lifelike the resulting voice would be—often it ended up sounding quite artificial. ...
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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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