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MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa Heikkilä discuss the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.
The State of AI: Chatbot companions and the future of our privacy
MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa Heikkilä discuss the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa Heikkilä discuss the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.
It was five years ago this week that AlphaFold 2’s debut took scientists by surprise. Now that the hype has died down, what impact has AlphaFold really had? How are scientists using it? And what’s next? We talked to John Jumper (as well as a few other scientists) to find out.
What’s next for AlphaFold: A conversation with a Google DeepMind Nobel laureate
“I’ll be shocked if we don’t see more and more LLM impact on science,” says John Jumper.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It was five years ago this week that AlphaFold 2’s debut took scientists by surprise. Now that the hype has died down, what impact has AlphaFold really had? How are scientists using it? And what’s next? We talked to John Jumper (as well as a few other scientists) to find out.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📩 We want to hear from you! Do you have a question about something you read, or a topic that we cover? Let us know in the replies or at newsroom@technologyreview.com and we'll answer some of your questions in our next magazine issue.
The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health.
We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies
The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health.
This is how AI and renewables are shifting the energy landscape.
Three things to know about the future of electricity
How AI and renewables are shifting the energy landscape.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is how AI and renewables are shifting the energy landscape.
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Spoke to Spanish company Multiverse Computing about how they used quantum physics-inspired methods to compress LLMs and interesting attempts to remove censorship from Chinese open-source models. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/19/1...
Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1
They managed to cut the size of the AI reasoning model by more than half—and claim it can now answer politically sensitive questions once off limits in Chinese AI systems.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Spoke to Spanish company Multiverse Computing about how they used quantum physics-inspired methods to compress LLMs and interesting attempts to remove censorship from Chinese open-source models. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/19/1...
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A group of quantum physicists managed to cut the size of the AI reasoning model by more than half—and claim it can now answer politically sensitive questions once off limits in Chinese AI systems.
Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1
They managed to cut the size of the AI reasoning model by more than half—and claim it can now answer politically sensitive questions once off limits in Chinese AI systems.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A group of quantum physicists managed to cut the size of the AI reasoning model by more than half—and claim it can now answer politically sensitive questions once off limits in Chinese AI systems.
It turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.
Chatbots are surprisingly effective at debunking conspiracy theories
Turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.
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Today we have the latest in our collaboration with the @financialtimes.com. This week, we're talking all things WAR, with @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @helenwarrell.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/17/1...
The State of AI: How war will be changed forever
In this conversation, Helen Warrell, FT investigations reporter and former defense and security editor, and James O’Donnell, MIT Technology Review’s senior AI reporter, consider the ethical quandaries...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today we have the latest in our collaboration with the @financialtimes.com. This week, we're talking all things WAR, with @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @helenwarrell.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/17/1...
It's low but, um, never zero.
What is the chance your plane will be hit by space debris?
It's low but, um, never zero.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's low but, um, never zero.
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What is the chance your plane will be hit by space debris?
It's low but, um, never zero.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing
Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
OpenAI’s new experimental LLM won't compete with the biggest and best, but it could tell us why they behave in weird ways—and how trustworthy AI models really are.
OpenAI’s new LLM exposes the secrets of how AI really works
The experimental model won't compete with the biggest and best, but it could tell us why they behave in weird ways—and how trustworthy they really are.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
OpenAI’s new experimental LLM won't compete with the biggest and best, but it could tell us why they behave in weird ways—and how trustworthy AI models really are.
Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it’s a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots.
Google DeepMind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3
SIMA 2, which can figure out how to solve problems inside virtual worlds, could lead to more general-purpose agents and better robots.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it’s a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots.
Do your holiday plans include sharing a dinner table with a friend or family member that became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight? Here are some tried and trusted techniques that might help you dig them out of their conspiracy theory black hole.
How to help friends and family dig out of a conspiracy theory black hole
Some tried and trusted techniques that might help.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Do your holiday plans include sharing a dinner table with a friend or family member that became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight? Here are some tried and trusted techniques that might help you dig them out of their conspiracy theory black hole.
Google's electricity demand has doubled since 2020, making its end-of-decade target more of a challenge.
Google is still aiming for its “moonshot” 2030 energy goals
The company’s electricity demand has doubled since 2020, making its end-of-decade target more of a challenge.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Google's electricity demand has doubled since 2020, making its end-of-decade target more of a challenge.
From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.
Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory
From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.
A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
Whales are dying. Don’t blame wind turbines.
A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
This journalist has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinformation.
What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)
Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinf...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This journalist has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinformation.
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The latest edition of our State of AI collaboration with the @financialtimes.com is live: this time @caseycrownhart.bsky.social debates with @pilitaclark.bsky.social about why the US is falling behind on power generation. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/10/1...
The State of AI: Energy is king, and the US is falling behind
Casey Crownhart, MIT Technology Review’s senior climate reporter and Pilita Clark, FT columnist (and a former environment correspondent) ask whether power limitations are about to cost the US its tech...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The latest edition of our State of AI collaboration with the @financialtimes.com is live: this time @caseycrownhart.bsky.social debates with @pilitaclark.bsky.social about why the US is falling behind on power generation. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/10/1...
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Just *looking* at these photos gives me claustrophobia, but cool to see a new habitat in the works! Story by @meharris.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
The first new subsea habitat in 40 years is about to launch
Unveiled by the buzzy startup Deep, Vanguard will let teams of scientists live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just *looking* at these photos gives me claustrophobia, but cool to see a new habitat in the works! Story by @meharris.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
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According to internet listicles, The Simpsons has predicted the future anywhere from 17 to 55 times.
What's going on?https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126462/the-simpsons-conspiracy-theories-al-jean/
What's going on?https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126462/the-simpsons-conspiracy-theories-al-jean/
Can “The Simpsons” really predict the future?
We asked Al Jean, the longest-serving showrunner, about all the conspiracy theories.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
According to internet listicles, The Simpsons has predicted the future anywhere from 17 to 55 times.
What's going on?https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126462/the-simpsons-conspiracy-theories-al-jean/
What's going on?https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126462/the-simpsons-conspiracy-theories-al-jean/
Unveiled by the buzzy startup Deep, Vanguard will let teams of scientists live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
The first new subsea habitat in 40 years is about to launch
Unveiled by the buzzy startup Deep, Vanguard will let teams of scientists live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Unveiled by the buzzy startup Deep, Vanguard will let teams of scientists live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
Yes, you can pay $50,000 to clone a pet. But others are using the technology to rescue endangered species.
Cloning isn’t just for celebrity pets like Tom Brady’s dog
Yes, you can pay $50,000 to clone a pet. But others are using the technology to rescue endangered species.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yes, you can pay $50,000 to clone a pet. But others are using the technology to rescue endangered species.