The Download: Solar geoengineering’s future, and OpenAI is being sued

The Download: Solar geoengineering’s future, and OpenAI is being sued
Solar geoengineering aims to manipulate the climate by bouncing sunlight back into space. In theory, it could ease global warming. ...
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How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet

How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects  nations ...
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Exclusive eBook: Aging Clocks & Understanding Why We Age

Exclusive eBook: Aging Clocks & Understanding Why We Age
In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn about a new method that scientists have uncovered to look at the ways ...
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The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030

The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030
(As part of this series, join MIT Technology Review’s editor in chief, Mat Honan, and editor at large, David Rotman, ...
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How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources

How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources
In the case of Big Blind, this prospecting information gave the company enough confidence to purchase a federal lease, allowing ...
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The ads that sell the sizzle of genetic trait discrimination

The ads that sell the sizzle of genetic trait discrimination
The day after the campaign launched, Sadeghi and I had briefly sparred online. He’d been on X showing off a ...
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Harnessing human-AI collaboration for an AI roadmap that moves beyond pilots

Harnessing human-AI collaboration for an AI roadmap that moves beyond pilots
The central challenge, then, lies in rethinking how people, processes, and technology work together. Across industries as different as customer ...
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements

AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
“One conversation with an LLM has a pretty meaningful effect on salient election choices,” says Gordon Pennycook, a psychologist at ...
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Accelerating VMware migrations with a factory model approach

Accelerating VMware migrations with a factory model approach
Take VMware migrations as an example. For years, these projects resembled custom production jobs—bespoke efforts that often took many months ...
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OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior

OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior
Chains of thought are like scratch pads that models use to break down tasks, make notes, and plan their next ...
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