New technologies can help close the gaps between the government and the public. But they’re not without risks.

This story is from the next print edition of MIT Technology Review, which explores power—who has it, and who wants it. It’s ...

Altman, Bezos, and Musk say they want to save humanity by creating superintelligent AI. Journalist and astrophysicist Adam ...

But in recent months, a new class of agents has arrived on the scene: ones built using large language models. Operator, an ...

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Leaders of the FDA have published a list of new priorities for the agency. They want to deliver rapidly-approved cures and ...

The company says it has cracked the code for error correction and is building a modular machine in New York state.

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Startup Xona Space Systems hopes to provide an unspoofable alternative to increasingly threatened GPS.

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The Trump administration’s chainsaw approach to federal spending lives on, even as Elon Musk turns on the president. On May ...

The Trump administration’s chainsaw approach to federal spending lives on, even as Elon Musk turns on the president.