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A US push to use ethanol as aviation fuel raises major climate concerns (www.technologyreview.com)

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An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary (www.technologyreview.com)

Thanks to rapid advancements in generative AI and a glut of training data created by human actors that has been fed into its AI model, Synthesia has been able to produce avatars that are indeed more humanlike and more expressive than their predecessors. The digital clones are better able to match their reactions and intonation...

Hydrogen trains could revolutionize how Americans get around (www.technologyreview.com)

Decarbonizing rail transportation is a political problem as much as a technological one.

The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit (www.technologyreview.com)

Generative AI can turn your most precious memories into photos that never existed (www.technologyreview.com)

Dozens of people have now had their memories turned into images in this way via Synthetic Memories, a project run by Domestic Data Streamers. The studio uses generative image models, such as OpenAI’s DALL-E, to bring people’s memories to life. Since 2022, the studio, which has received funding from the UN and Google, has...

The tech industry can’t agree on what open-source AI means. That’s a problem. (www.technologyreview.com)

The hard lessons of Harvard’s failed geoengineering experiment (www.technologyreview.com)

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Why Threads is suddenly popular in Taiwan (www.technologyreview.com)

Apparently, Twitter was quite niche and the launch of Threads coincided with a surge of interest in presidential elections, for which one party's supporters rallied on Threads which also pulled in their friends....

What’s next for generative video (www.technologyreview.com) French

[News] Apple researchers explore dropping “Siri” phrase & listening with AI instead (www.technologyreview.com)

Apple researchers are exploring using AI to detect when a user wants to speak to a device like an iPhone, potentially eliminating the need for a trigger phrase like “Hey Siri.”...

European Parliament votes to approve the AI Act (www.technologyreview.com)

After three years, the AI Act, the EU’s new sweeping AI law, jumped through its final bureaucratic hoop last week when the European Parliament voted to approve it.

Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos (www.technologyreview.com)

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An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step toward more useful machines (www.technologyreview.com)

Methane leaks in the US are worse than we thought (www.technologyreview.com)

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Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)

From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...

What’s next for robotaxis in 2024 - In addition to restoring public trust, robotaxi companies need to prove that their business models can compete with Uber and taxis. (www.technologyreview.com)

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