China banned exports of a few rare minerals to the US. Things could get messier.
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Bluesky has an impersonator problem
Like many others, I recently fled social media platform X for Bluesky. In the process, I started following many of
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AI’s hype and antitrust problem is coming under scrutiny
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox
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We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war
One afternoon in late November, I visited a weapons test site in the foothills east of San Clemente, California operated
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How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool
MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Today, OpenAI released its video generation model Sora to the public.
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The Download: satellites’ climate impact, and OpenAI’s frantic release schedule
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
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OpenAI’s “12 days of shipmas” tell us a lot about the AI arms race
This week, OpenAI announced what it calls the 12 days of OpenAI, or 12 days of shipmas. On December 4,
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The world’s next big environmental problem could come from space
Early on a Sunday morning in September, a team of 12 sleep-deprived, jet-lagged researchers assembled at the world’s most remote
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3 things that didn’t make the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025 list
Next month, MIT Technology Review will unveil the 2025 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Every year, our newsroom looks across
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