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Parameters are the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. But what exactly do they do?
LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?
They’re the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. What are they and what do they do?
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January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Parameters are the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. But what exactly do they do?
Nandan Nilekani built Aadhaar, India’s vast digital biometric identity system. Now he wants to Aadhaarize the world.
The man who made India digital isn’t done yet
Nandan Nilekani built Aadhaar, India’s vast digital biometric identity system. Now he wants to Aadhaarize the world.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Nandan Nilekani built Aadhaar, India’s vast digital biometric identity system. Now he wants to Aadhaarize the world.
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For this year's Breakthroughs issue, @writearthur.bsky.social waded into some tough waters—the massive arming up of the European continent, and the future of automation in defense and war www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/06/1...
Europe’s drone-filled vision for the future of war
Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of annihilation.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
For this year's Breakthroughs issue, @writearthur.bsky.social waded into some tough waters—the massive arming up of the European continent, and the future of automation in defense and war www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/06/1...
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Here are our predictions for AI in 2026, along with a check-in on how we did with our 2025 predictions (pretty well!). I'm curious to see how the AI shopping experiment goes. www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
What’s next for AI in 2026
Our AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Here are our predictions for AI in 2026, along with a check-in on how we did with our 2025 predictions (pretty well!). I'm curious to see how the AI shopping experiment goes. www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
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I out myself as the annoying editor in the lede to this terrific @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social explainer on parameters. We hear about them constantly - but usually explained in metaphorical terms. But what are they REALLY?? www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/07/1...
LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?
They’re the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. What are they and what do they do?
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January 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I out myself as the annoying editor in the lede to this terrific @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social explainer on parameters. We hear about them constantly - but usually explained in metaphorical terms. But what are they REALLY?? www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/07/1...
🚨 The deadline for nominations for our 2026 Innovators Under 35 competition is approaching! This annual list recognizes the world’s best young scientists and inventors.
It’s free and easy to nominate yourself or someone you know—here’s how.
It’s free and easy to nominate yourself or someone you know—here’s how.
Nominations are now open for our global 2026 Innovators Under 35 competition
It’s free and easy to nominate yourself or someone you know—here’s how.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
🚨 The deadline for nominations for our 2026 Innovators Under 35 competition is approaching! This annual list recognizes the world’s best young scientists and inventors.
It’s free and easy to nominate yourself or someone you know—here’s how.
It’s free and easy to nominate yourself or someone you know—here’s how.
Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of annihilation.
Europe’s drone-filled vision for the future of war
Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of annihilation.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of annihilation.
AI predictions are hard. Here’s why we're predicting what's next for the technology in 2026 anyway.
Why AI predictions are so hard
And why we're predicting what's next for the technology in 2026 anyway.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
AI predictions are hard. Here’s why we're predicting what's next for the technology in 2026 anyway.
In an industry in constant flux, sticking your neck out to predict what’s coming next may seem reckless. But for the last few years we’ve done just that—and we’re doing it again.
Here are MIT Technology Review's five big AI bets for the next 12 months: www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
Here are MIT Technology Review's five big AI bets for the next 12 months: www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
What’s next for AI in 2026
Our AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
In an industry in constant flux, sticking your neck out to predict what’s coming next may seem reckless. But for the last few years we’ve done just that—and we’re doing it again.
Here are MIT Technology Review's five big AI bets for the next 12 months: www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
Here are MIT Technology Review's five big AI bets for the next 12 months: www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
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Every year, our AI writers here at @technologyreview.com make some predictions about things to look out for the year ahead. Our track record is pretty good - see what you think about their view for 2026. www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
What’s next for AI in 2026
Our AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch.
www.technologyreview.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Every year, our AI writers here at @technologyreview.com make some predictions about things to look out for the year ahead. Our track record is pretty good - see what you think about their view for 2026. www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/05/1...
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of the experimental treatments next month, says Unlimited Bio.
This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of the experimental treatments next month, says Unlimited Bio.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of the experimental treatments next month, says Unlimited Bio.
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
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December 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
A small but influential community of researchers, scientists, and policy experts believes, in the simplest terms, that AI could get so good it could be bad—very, very bad—for humanity. They wish people were still taking their warnings really seriously.
The AI doomers feel undeterred
But they certainly wish people were still taking their warnings really seriously.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A small but influential community of researchers, scientists, and policy experts believes, in the simplest terms, that AI could get so good it could be bad—very, very bad—for humanity. They wish people were still taking their warnings really seriously.
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Fascinating look at what's happening to early EVs coming off the roads by @caiwei.bsky.social
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries.
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fascinating look at what's happening to early EVs coming off the roads by @caiwei.bsky.social
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly system.
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries.
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly system.
How well do you remember this year’s headlines? Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology to find out: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology
How well do you remember this year’s headlines?
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December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
How well do you remember this year’s headlines? Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology to find out: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
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It’s @antonioregalado.bsky.social’s annual Worst Tech of the year list. Cornucopia of options in 2025.
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The 8 worst technology flops of 2025
The Cybertruck, sycophantic AI, and humanoid robots all made this year’s list of the biggest technology failures.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It’s @antonioregalado.bsky.social’s annual Worst Tech of the year list. Cornucopia of options in 2025.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
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Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.
A brief history of Sam Altman’s hype
Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.
At long last, we have published our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year.
Here are some of this year's more notable flops: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
Here are some of this year's more notable flops: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At long last, we have published our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year.
Here are some of this year's more notable flops: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
Here are some of this year's more notable flops: www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
There’s new interest and funding for the field, but it’s waiting for its breakthrough moment.
Can AI really help us discover new materials?
There’s new interest and funding for the field, but it’s waiting for its breakthrough moment.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There’s new interest and funding for the field, but it’s waiting for its breakthrough moment.
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I selfishly asked @alexckaufman.bsky.social to write this because I wanted to know what's been going on with atmospheric water generation. And then mid-reporting, Omar Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Which was...um...totally our plan all along. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/17/1...
This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I selfishly asked @alexckaufman.bsky.social to write this because I wanted to know what's been going on with atmospheric water generation. And then mid-reporting, Omar Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Which was...um...totally our plan all along. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/17/1...
Everyone in tech agrees we’re in a bubble. They just can’t agree on what it looks like — or what happens when it pops.
What even is the AI bubble?
Everyone in tech agrees we’re in a bubble. They just can’t agree on what it looks like — or what happens when it pops.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Everyone in tech agrees we’re in a bubble. They just can’t agree on what it looks like — or what happens when it pops.
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
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2025 was the year AI reached peak hype. (I mean, one hopes!). We have a fantastic series looking at the froth, anchored by this gem from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
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The great AI hype correction of 2025
Four ways to think about this year's reckoning
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2025 was the year AI reached peak hype. (I mean, one hopes!). We have a fantastic series looking at the froth, anchored by this gem from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map.
Quantum navigation could solve the military’s GPS jamming problem
The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map.