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The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
3 The US government has hired a vaccine skeptic to conduct a major vaccine studyThe…
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The AI Hype Index: DeepSeek mania, vibe coding, and cheating at chess
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI…
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China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
Now, his WeChat feed and industry group chats tell a different story. Traders are more…
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OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers
The new model makes progress on technical issues that have plagued AI image generators for…
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Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine
Even if it all works, it may not be practical or economical to “grow” bodyoids,…
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Why the world is looking to ditch US AI models
A few weeks ago, when I was at the digital rights conference RightsCon in Taiwan,…
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The Download: the dangers of AI agents, and ChatGPT’s effects on our wellbeing
—Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Sasha Luccioni, Giada Pistilli all work for Hugging Face, an open…
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Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake
And when systems can control multiple information sources simultaneously, potential for harm explodes. For example,…
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OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional wellbeing
The researchers found some intriguing differences between how men and women respond to using ChatGPT.…
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The Download: Saving the “doomsday glacier,” and Europe’s hopes for its rockets
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches…