How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources
In the case of Big Blind, this prospecting information gave the company enough confidence to purchase a federal lease, allowing…
The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin
All this means that actors, whether well-resourced organizations or grassroots collectives, have a clear path to deploying politically persuasive AI…
The Download: political chatbot persuasion, and gene editing adverts
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in…
Harnessing human-AI collaboration for an AI roadmap that moves beyond pilots
The central challenge, then, lies in rethinking how people, processes, and technology work together. Across industries as different as customer…
The ads that sell the sizzle of genetic trait discrimination
The day after the campaign launched, Sadeghi and I had briefly sparred online. He’d been on X showing off a…
AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
“One conversation with an LLM has a pretty meaningful effect on salient election choices,” says Gordon Pennycook, a psychologist at…
Delivering securely on data and AI strategy
That’s getting more challenging, says Nithin Ramachandran, who is global vice president for data and AI at industrial and consumer…
Why the grid relies on nuclear reactors in the winter
This scheduled regularity might seem mundane, but it’s quite the feat that operational reactors are as reliable and predictable as…
OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior
Chains of thought are like scratch pads that models use to break down tasks, make notes, and plan their next…
The Download: AI and coding, and Waymo’s aggressive driverless cars
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Amazon’s new agents can…