The Download: the dangers of AI agents, and ChatGPT’s effects on our wellbeing
—Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Sasha Luccioni, Giada Pistilli all work for Hugging Face, an open source AI company. AI agents ...
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The Download: The future of energy, and chatting about chatbots
Where can you find lasers, electric guitars, and racks full of novel batteries, all in the same giant room? This ...
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Autopsies can reveal intimate health details. Should they be kept private?
This is where things get really complicated. Ethically speaking, we should consider the wishes of the deceased. Would that person ...
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OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional wellbeing
The researchers found some intriguing differences between how men and women respond to using ChatGPT. After using the chatbot for ...
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Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
“I expect four or five companies to get to the point of launching, and then over a period of years ...
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The elephant in the room for energy tech? Uncertainty.
This year, though, there was an elephant in the room, and it’s the current state of the US federal government. ...
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4 technologies that could power the future of energy
A major topic of conversation at the ARPA-E summit was geologic hydrogen—there’s a ton of excitement about efforts to find ...
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HIV could infect 1,400 infants every day due to disruptions in aid from the US
Part of the problem is that the stop-work order came at a time when these organizations were already experiencing “shortages ...
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Five benefits of a health tech accelerator program
1. Access to mentorship and expertise One of the most valuable aspects of health tech accelerator programs is the access ...
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The Download: Google playing AI search catchup, and forming relationships with chatbots
Chatbots are changing how we connect to each other and ourselves. But are these changes for the better, and how ...
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