The Download: introducing the Hidden Worlds issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Hidden Worlds issue A hidden world is fundamentally different from the undiscovered. We know the hidden world is there. We just can’t see it or reach it. Hidden worlds exist in […]
To Build AI Into Your Work Habits, Picture a Pyramid
This article first appeared in the WorkLab newsletter. Get exclusive insights on AI and the future of work by subscribing here. As leaders and their teams build new habits with generative AI, it’s helpful to think about work in three categories. First, there are the tasks we can hand off to AI almost entirely. Next: those […]
Bans on deepfakes take us only so far—here’s what we really need
Rules that require all AI-generated content to be watermarked are impossible to enforce, and it’s also highly possible that watermarks could end up doing the opposite of what they’re supposed to do, Leufer says. For one thing, in open-source systems, watermarking and provenance techniques can be removed by bad actors. This is because everyone has […]
Inspiring students during Women’s History Month 2024
“Women, whether subtly or vociferously, have always been a tremendous power in the destiny of the world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat, and activist March is Women’s History Month in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, created to highlight the pivotal but often underrepresented contributions of women. As educators, you have the […]
Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar | MIT News
MIT senior Sadhana Lolla has won the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which offers students an opportunity to pursue graduate study in the field of their choice at Cambridge University in the U.K. Established in 2000, the Gates Cambridge Scholarship offers full-cost post-graduate scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside of the U.K. The mission of […]
The first-ever mission to pull a dead rocket out of space has just begun
There are an estimated 500,000 pieces of space junk as small as a centimeter across orbiting Earth, and about 23,000 trackable objects bigger than 10 centimeters. Dead rockets make up an interesting—and dangerous—category. The 956 known rocket bodies in space account for just 4% of trackable objects but nearly a third of the total mass. […]
Join Xbox and Microsoft at GDC 2024
As GDC, the world’s largest game developer conference, returns to San Francisco, Microsoft and Xbox will be there to engage and empower developers, publishers, and technology partners across the industry. We are committed to supporting game developers on any platform, anywhere in the world, at every stage of development. Our message is simple: Microsoft and Xbox […]