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The Download: what’s next for AI, and fighting digital censorship

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. DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI. DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent

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The Download: talking driverless cars, and updated covid vaccines

Plus: AI has demonstrated it’s capable of human-level creativity—but is it really? 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. This driverless car company is using chatbots to make its vehicles smarter The news: Self-driving car startup Wayve can now interrogate

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The Download: combating covid, and the challenges of governing AI

Plus: Elon Musk pulled the plug on Starlink satellites to disrupt a Ukrainian mission 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. What to know about this autumn’s covid vaccines Many people have started testing positive for covid recently. Hospitalizations for

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The Download: promising new batteries, and how to regulate AI

Plus: Chinese authorities require companies to reveal their security vulnerabilities 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. Zinc batteries that offer an alternative to lithium just got a big boost The news: One of the leading companies offering alternatives to

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The Download: the climate tech companies to watch, and mysterious AI models

Plus: Elon Musk wants to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation 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. Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the

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The Download: how Yale University has prepared for ChatGPT, and schools’ AI reckoning

Plus: China’s EV makers are on the rise 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. How one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year For many people, the start of September marks the real beginning of the year. Back-to-school

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The Download: stem cell experiments, and coining “embryo tech”

Plus: the US government wants automakers to clean up their act 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. A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains The news: In an important test for stem-cell medicine, biotech company

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