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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These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda
“We’re getting noticed,” said Seto Baghdoyan, director of forensic audits and investigative services at the GAO, in an interview with ...
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From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem
It’s incredibly hard to protect a system from someone—the evil housekeeper from DOGE—who has made their way inside and wants ...
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