Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
“We tend to think of AI as a single workload, and it’s not. It’s thousands, it’s millions, it’s billions of...
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The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
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Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace
Bad actors could acquire the data, but purchase controls already mitigate that risk. Intelligence operatives scrutinize potential customers’ infrastructure for...
The Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farming
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Agriculture relies on fossil fuels. It’s costing us.
As fossil-fuel prices go up, nearly all industries are affected, since most of our economy relies on these fuels to...
Scaling agentic AI pilots across the enterprise
That shift requires organizations to treat agentic AI as a cohesive system. Agents need access to the data, knowledge, and...
Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scale
Harish: To that point, we have always looked at transformation, modernization, very objectively. For us, it's just not about upgrading...
The Download: AI puzzles and a path to our nearest star system
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...
How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri
It’s not the first time this has been tried. In 2016, the billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner announced an interstellar...
Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization
There are two dimensions, as I mentioned. One is technical ROI or technology-related ROI, and second is business ROI. On...
The Download: engineered microbes for crops, and OpenAI’s culture problem
Startup Switch Bioworks is taking a new approach: using a genetic switch that allows microbes to establish themselves and grow...
How engineered microbes could help feed the world’s crops
Humans have used biological fertilizers like manure for thousands of years, and companies have long been developing microbial fertilizers, including...
Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAI
The report did not meet Krueger’s hopes. Its 38 pages detail a multi-month progression of agent misbehavior that culminated in...
The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants
I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company called Generation Lab offered me the chance to write...
How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should
Once you find a program, the instructions for enrollment may be as simple as clicking through an app, filling out...
A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young
The company’s public relations staffer sent me a spreadsheet of the supposed benefits experienced by the participants, including improved vision...
The Download: inside OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, and a new EV takes on the US
1 Meta has promised to pay up to $18 billion to settle a landmark child-safety caseThe company says it will...
Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?
The company is going all in on simplicity, to the point of austerity. The Slate is a tiny, two-door pickup...
The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
If OpenAI stops reinforcing reward hacking in its models—and that’s a huge “if”—that would be a huge step forward. But...
The Download: the Kids issue arrives, and Bill Gates reveals his AI fears
A surprising—maybe troubling—number of people who work in big tech also keep their kids at arm’s distance from technology. They...
Raised on AI | MIT Technology Review
What happened? I watched the promise of the early internet give way to the reality of its potential for abuse....
