Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
MIT Technology Reviewby Michelle Kim·14d ago
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
MIT Technology Reviewby Amit Katwala·17d ago
The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request.
Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients
MIT Technology Reviewby Jessica Hamzelou·17d ago
Around this time last year I was attending an aging conference in Manchester, listening to a talk about fly aging, when my phone started pinging.
AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week
MIT Technology Reviewby Casey Crownhart·17d ago
This week, world leaders descended on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly. It’s also New York Climate Week—investors, policymakers, advocates, and journalists are colliding at panels, talks, and...
A congressional representative just proposed killing America’s border tower program
MIT Technology Reviewby Eileen Guo·18d ago
Delia Ramirez, a Democratic US representative from Illinois, has announced a plan to introduce new legislation to terminate the surveillance tower program along the US southern border.
The Download: India’s smart glasses menace and AI’s trillion-dollar gamble
MIT Technology Reviewby Thomas Macaulay·18d ago
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India
MIT Technology Reviewby Anuj Behal·19d ago
Shubnam was packing boxes for a move into a new home when their friend sent them an Instagram video.
The Download: why AI’s latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than reality
MIT Technology Reviewby Thomas Macaulay·19d ago
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
MIT Technology Reviewby Timnit Gebru, Emily Bender·19d ago
It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Technology Reviewby Thomas Macaulay·20d ago
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The US spent billions on border surveillance.
She died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
MIT Technology Reviewby Lillian Perlmutter·20d ago
She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept.
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
MIT Technology Reviewby James O'Donnell, Eileen Guo·20d ago
When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the United States on April 8, 2024, the day before his 32nd birthday, it should have triggered a chain of technological alerts and human responses.
4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Technology Reviewby James O'Donnell·20d ago
MIT Technology Review today published our investigation into how many people have died near the “virtual wall” of surveillance towers that the US government has installed along the US-Mexico...
How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Technology Reviewby James O'Donnell·20d ago
Our 15-month investigation into death and surveillance along the US-Mexico border began with a simple question: Why did so many people die near government surveillance towers meant to help track...
The specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech
MIT Technology Reviewby Jessica Hamzelou·24d ago
In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous.
The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators
MIT Technology Reviewby Thomas Macaulay·24d ago
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech
MIT Technology Reviewby Casey Crownhart·24d ago
Each year, the editorial team at MIT Technology Review puts together a list of 35 innovators under 35—a group of researchers, inventors, and other young minds worth following.
Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells
MIT Technology Reviewby Antonio Regalado·25d ago
Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed, leaving Pong-like traces on a monitor. The reason to watch this rodent so carefully?
Building the materials foundation for AI
MIT Technology Reviewby MIT Technology Review Insights·25d ago
Sponsored In partnership withSyensqo The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infrastructure are becoming just as crucial...
AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it
MIT Technology Reviewby Antonio Regalado·26d ago
Last year, the clinical trial policy analyst Ruxandra Teslo posted an idea for super-charging medical AI systems: use data from failed biotech companies.
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