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Douglas Lenat, an artificial intelligence researcher who spent nearly 40 years trying to build common sense into computers, recreating human judgment one logical rule at… Read More »Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make Computers More Human, Dies at 72

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like… Read More »Here’s why I am coining the term “embryo tech”

On Wednesday, the US Copyright Office began seeking public comment on issues surrounding generative AI systems and copyright. The public comment period, which starts on… Read More »Thorny AI copyright questions have Copyright Office seeking public input

Striking nurses, in London, 19 December 2022. It’s “strike season” for health workers in the UK. First, junior doctors staged a five-day walkout. Then, after… Read More »Healthcare on the brink — what the world can learn from the medical strikes in the UK

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In early 2023, the Guardian published an article suggesting that more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise… Read More »‘Worthless’: Scientists Warn Carbon Offsets Are a Dangerous Illusion