The Download: The CDC’s vaccine chaos
Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the Year. For…
Clean hydrogen is facing a big reality check
A major barrier for clean hydrogen today is that dirty methods based on fossil fuels are just so much cheaper…
A pivotal meeting on vaccine guidance is underway—and former CDC leaders are alarmed
On Thursday, an advisory CDC panel that develops vaccine guidance met for a two-day discussion on multiple childhood vaccines. During…
The Download: AI-designed viruses, and bad news for the hydrogen industry
Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working genome. A research…
The Download: Measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential
—Matthew Raine, whose 16-year old son Adam died by suicide after repeatedly sharing his intentions with ChatGPT, gives evidence to…
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria
“That was pretty striking, just actually seeing, like, this AI-generated sphere,” says Brian Hie, who leads the lab at the…
How to measure the returns on R&D spending
If in fact the productivity slowdown was at least partially caused by a drop in public R&D spending, it’s evidence…
The Download: Regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our Innovator of 2025
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us:…
De-risking investment in AI agents
For businesses, the potential is transformative: AI agents that can handle complex service interactions, support employees in real time, and…
The looming crackdown on AI companionship
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us:…