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The Download: the year’s most-read climate stories, and Amazon’s chatbot
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A look back at the year’s most-read climate stories 2023 has been a big year for climate news. Wildfires, floods and heatwaves displaced and killed thousands of people across the world as extreme…
TUESDAY 28. NOVEMBER 2023
Procurement in the age of AI
Procurement professionals face challenges more daunting than ever. Recent years’ supply chain disruptions and rising costs, deeply familiar to consumers, have had an outsize impact on business buying. At the same time, procurement teams are under increasing pressure to supply their businesses while also contributing to business growth and profitability.
Deloitte’s 2023 Global Chief...
The Download: COP28 controversy and the future of families
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why the UN climate talks are a moment of reckoning for oil and gas companies The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s largest oil producers. It’s also the site of this…
Why the UN climate talks are a moment of reckoning for oil and gas companies
The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s largest oil producers. It’s also the site of this year’s UN COP28 climate summit, which kicks off later this week in Dubai.
It’s certainly a controversial location choice, but the truth is that there’s massive potential for oil and gas companies to help address climate change, both by cleaning up their operations and by investing...
MONDAY 27. NOVEMBER 2023
The Download: unpacking OpenAI Q* hype, and X’s financial woes
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model Ever since last week’s dramatic events at OpenAI, the rumor mill has been in overdrive about why the company’s board tried to oust CEO…
Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here.
Ever since last week’s dramatic events at OpenAI, the rumor mill has been in overdrive about why the company’s chief scientific officer Ilya Sutskever and its board decided to oust CEO Sam Altman.
While we still don’t know all the details, there have been reports...
Finding value in generative AI for financial services
With tools such as ChatGPT, DALLE-2, and CodeStarter, generative AI has captured the public imagination in 2023. Unlike past technologies that have come and gone—think metaverse—this latest one looks set to stay. OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, is perhaps the best-known generative AI tool. It reached 100 million monthly active users in just two months after launch, surpassing even TikTok and...
FRIDAY 24. NOVEMBER 2023
The Download: OpenAI’s wild year, and tech’s cult of personality
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside OpenAI’s wild year Few companies can say they’ve had more of a rollercoaster year than OpenAI. At the beginning of 2023, the world’s hottest AI startup was riding high on the success…
THURSDAY 23. NOVEMBER 2023
The Download: how to talk about climate tech, and Sam Altman’s past
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your guide to talking about climate tech over Thanksgiving Ah, the holidays. Time for good food, quality moments with family, and hard questions about climate change … or is that just us? Our…
Your guide to talking about climate tech over the holidays
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Ah, the holidays. Time for good food, quality moments with family, and hard questions about climate change … or is that last one just something that happens to me? I’m a climate…
WEDNESDAY 22. NOVEMBER 2023
The Download: chaos at OpenAI, and building a better power grid
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s behind the chaos at OpenAI? Sam Altman has been reinstated as the CEO of OpenAI, rounding off a wild few days for the industry’s hottest AI firm. If you’re as intrigued by…
This Chinese map app wants to be a super app for everything outdoors
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday.
Thanksgiving is almost here. This year, when you get together with your family, may I suggest a fun little game that reinvents hide-and-seek for the digital age?
When I was in Hong Kong a few weeks ago, I went to a park with...
Four ways AI is making the power grid faster and more resilient
The power grid is growing increasingly complex as more renewable energy sources come online. Where once a small number of large power plants supplied most homes at a consistent flow, now millions of solar panels generate variable electricity. Increasingly unpredictable weather adds to the challenge of balancing demand with supply. To manage the chaos, grid operators are increasingly turning to...
TUESDAY 21. NOVEMBER 2023
The Download: OpenAI’s dramatic breakdown, and Meta’s transparency library
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for OpenAI The past few days have been a fever dream in the AI world. The board of OpenAI, the world’s hottest AI company, shocked everyone by firing CEO Sam Altman.…
The 2024 35 Innovators Under 35 competition is now open for nominations
We like to think of the annual 35 Innovators Under 35 competition as the flip side of our popular 10 Breakthrough Technologies list. With 10 Breakthrough Technologies we ask: What groundbreaking innovations will affect our lives over the next few years? With Innovators Under 35, we ask: Which young people are doing the most promising work in technology today, and what does that tell us about...
Meta responds to calls for greater transparency with a new research database
Meta is releasing a new transparency product called the Meta Content Library and API, according to an announcement from the company today. The new tool will allow select researchers to access publicly available data on Facebook and Instagram in an effort to give a more overarching view of what’s happening on the platforms.
The move comes as social media companies are facing public and...
MONDAY 20. NOVEMBER 2023
What’s next for OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI, are you okay, babe? This past weekend has been a fever dream in the AI world. The board of OpenAI, the world’s hottest AI company, shocked everyone by firing CEO…
The Download: digital hide-and-seek, and AI for African languages
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This viral game in China reinvents hide-and-seek for the digital age The “cat-and-mouse game” has gone viral in China this year, drawing thousands of people across the country to events every week. It’s a fun…
A controversial US surveillance program is up for renewal. Critics are speaking out.
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here.
For the past week my social feeds have been filled with a pretty important tech policy debate that I want to key you in on: the renewal of a controversial program of American surveillance.The program,...
This viral game in China reinvents hide-and-seek for the digital age
On a late October evening, I found myself hiding in the shadows of a tree in a Hong Kong park. I was on high alert, warily eyeing everyone walking toward me. I was checking my phone every few seconds, watching the locations of dozens of people who were trying to hunt me down.
I wasn’t actually in danger. I was playing a game of hide-and-seek with 40 strangers in a seven-acre park built on the...