How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop
Lately, everywhere I scroll, I keep seeing the same fish-eyed CCTV view: a grainy wide shot from the corner of […]
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How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.” Hassabis was replying on X
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still.
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This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”
At some point next month, a handful of volunteers will be injected with two experimental gene therapies as part of
The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down
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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.
In August 2025, Wang Lei decided it was finally time to say goodbye to his electric vehicle. Wang, who is
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Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology
In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial
The Download: the worst technology of 2025, and Sam Altman’s AI hype
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The 8 worst technology flops of 2025
Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. This year, politics
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Can AI really help us discover new materials?
Judging from headlines and social media posts in recent years, one might reasonably assume that AI is going to fix