De-risking investment in AI agents
Automation has become a defining force in the customer experience. Between the chatbots that answer
The Download: regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our Innovator of 2025
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The looming crackdown on AI companionship
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what
The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks
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The Download: America’s gun crisis, and how AI video models work
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How do AI models generate videos?
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We can’t “make American children healthy again” without tackling the gun crisis
Note for readers: This newsletter discusses gun violence, a raw and tragic issue in America.
Partnering with generative AI in the finance function
Generative AI has the potential to transform the finance function. By taking on some of
The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees
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Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?
Last week, a legal battle over lab-grown meat kicked off in Texas. On September 1,
The Download: AI’s energy future
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Adapting to new threats with proactive risk management
In July 2024, a botched update to the software defenses managed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike
The Download: meet our AI innovators, and what happens when therapists use AI covertly
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Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden
Earlier this year, when my colleague Casey Crownhart and I spent six months researching the
AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?
The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so significant it