Redefining enterprise intelligence with autonomous AI
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The Download: a biological de-aging contest and why LLMs don’t reason
This week, I officially signed up for an unusual competition. One that rewards competitors for getting younger. I recently turned...
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
On an afternoon in Seoul in March 2016, I watched a program I helped build put a stone on the...
A new contest pits competitors against each other in a race to biological youth
I’m intrigued to see my scores, even though I know I shouldn’t put too much stock in them. The first...
The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries
The researchers hope the “mindreading” tool could reveal more about how the brain works. It could also help locked-in people...
How smaller, distributed batteries could help the grid
Large, utility-scale battery installations are coming online quickly around the world. But there’s been some pushback from communities—especially population-dense ones...
An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan
Other teams have done this, too, and several other tools have been used to recreate images based on brain scan...
The Download: OpenAI’s chief research officer explains its hacking response
MIT Technology Review Narrated: smart glasses are already causing havoc in India When Shubnam saw an Instagram video of a...
“We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer
An OpenAI spokesperson says: “As frontier models have become more capable, we continue to evolve our security practices, but recognize...
Making AI an asset, not an expense
When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest,...
The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problem
Once a year, we compile a list of 10 companies that we believe have done the most, or have the...
Coming soon: Our 2026 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch
Recognizing our ability to make such progress is why MIT Technology Review began publishing our annual list of Climate Tech...
Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along...
When can we say AI made a scientific discovery?
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox...
Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
“If you're evil, you're at least competent. And if you're evil, you're not bad, and therefore you're actually maybe kind...
Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
Litigation “Normally, something like the Hugging Face incident should have been taken to court,” says Yonathan Arbel, a law professor...
Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients
It’s not clear why this is, but João Pedro de Magalhães, who studies aging at the University of Birmingham in...
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
The move comes at a time of high tension within the department. Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon has...
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
1 ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge shooter focus on attack tacticsA new investigation found it also advised on evading safeguards....
The Download: a bid to scrap the virtual wall and AI hits Climate Week
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...
AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week
Global climate-tech investment from venture capital hit $26 billion in the first half of 2026, according to data from Currence,...
