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April 29, 2024

We’re bringing the Financial Times’ world-class journalism to ChatGPT

We will also collaborate on new AI experiences for FT readers.

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Here’s the defense tech at the center of US aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan
April 26, 2024

Here’s the defense tech at the center of US aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. After weeks of drawn-out congressional debate over how much the United States should spend on conflicts abroad, President Joe Biden signed a $95.3 billion aid package into…

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Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust.
April 25, 2024

Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust.

Large language models are famous for their ability to make things up—in fact, it’s what they’re best at. But their inability to tell fact from fiction has left many businesses wondering if using them is worth the risk. A new tool created by Cleanlab, an AI startup spun out of a quantum computing lab at…

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This creamy vegan cheese was made with AI
April 24, 2024

This creamy vegan cheese was made with AI

As Climax Foods CEO Oliver Zahn serves up a plate of vegan brie, feta, and blue cheese in his offices in Emeryville, California, I’m keeping my expectations modest. Most vegan cheese falls into an edible uncanny valley full of discomforting not-quite-right versions of the real thing. But the brie I taste today is smooth, rich,…

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Job titles of the future: AI prompt engineer
April 24, 2024

Job titles of the future: AI prompt engineer

The role of AI prompt engineer attracted attention for its high-six-figure salaries when it emerged in early 2023. Companies define it in different ways, but its principal aim is to help a company integrate AI into its operations.  Danai Myrtzani of Sleed, a digital marketing agency in Greece, describes herself as more prompter than engineer….

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Three things we learned about AI from EmTech Digital London
April 23, 2024

Three things we learned about AI from EmTech Digital London

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, MIT Technology Review held its inaugural EmTech Digital conference in London. It was a great success! I loved seeing so many of you there asking excellent questions, and it was a…

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April 23, 2024

Introducing more enterprise-grade features for API customers

Increasing enterprise support with more security features and controls, updates to our Assistants API, and tools to better manage costs.

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April 23, 2024

OpenAI’s commitment to child safety: adopting safety by design principles

We’re joining Thorn, All Tech Is Human, and other leading companies in an effort to prevent the misuse of generative AI to perpetrate, proliferate, and further sexual harms against children. 

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Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk
April 17, 2024

Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk

We’ve all seen videos over the past few years demonstrating how agile humanoid robots have become, running and jumping with ease. We’re no longer surprised by this kind of agility—in fact, we’ve grown to expect it. The problem is, these shiny demos lack real-world applications. When it comes to creating robots that are useful and…

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Three reasons robots are about to become more way useful 
April 16, 2024

Three reasons robots are about to become more way useful 

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. The holy grail of robotics since the field’s beginning has been to build a robot that can do our housework. But for a long time, that has just been a dream….

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