A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscription
For Stephen, who had already been tinkering with other chatbots, learning about Brockman’s donation was the final straw. “That’s really the straw that broke the...
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America’s coming war over AI regulation
With Americans increasingly anxious about how AI could harm mental health, jobs, and the environment, public demand for regulation is growing. If Congress stays paralyzed,...
The Download: Trump at Davos, and AI scientists
Everyone wants AI sovereignty. No one can truly have it. —Cathy Li is head of the Centre for AI Excellence at the World Economic Forum...
All anyone wants to talk about at Davos is AI and Donald Trump
(A quick aside on what I was doing there: I sat on a panel on “Creativity and Identity in the Age of Memes and Deepfakes”...
What it’s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate
Ahmed, Melford, Breton, and their respective organizations also made their own statements denouncing the entry bans. Ahmed, the only one of the five based in...
Why today is the easiest time to be a conspiracy theorist
The witch craze could not have traveled as far or lasted as long without the printing press. Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of the Witches), a 1486...
Trump is pushing leucovorin as a new treatment for autism. What is it?
That meant that more people met the criteria for an autism diagnosis. Lerner points out that there is also far more awareness of the condition...
How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words
Some said that shifts in language won’t change the substance of their work, but others feared they will indeed affect the research itself. Emma Pierson,...
How Trump is helping China extend its massive lead in clean energy
All of which will help China extend an already massive lead. The nation has installed nearly three times as many wind turbines as the US,...
How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike
Heat Exchange MIT Technology Review’s guest opinion series, offering expert commentary on legal, political and regulatory issues related to climate change and clean energy. You...