The Download: political chatbot persuasion, and gene editing adverts
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The ads that sell the sizzle of genetic trait discrimination
One day this fall, I watched an electronic sign outside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station in Manhattan switch seamlessly between an
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The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin
In January 2024, the phone rang in homes all around New Hampshire. On the other end was Joe Biden’s voice,
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, Shamaine Daniels, used an AI chatbot named Ashley to call voters and
Delivering securely on data and AI strategy
Most organizations feel the imperative to keep pace with continuing advances in AI capabilities, as highlighted in a recent MIT
The Download: LLM confessions, and tapping into geothermal hot spots
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How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources
Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and hot springs on the planet’s surface. But in other places,
Why the grid relies on nuclear reactors in the winter
As many of us are ramping up with shopping, baking, and planning for the holiday season, nuclear power plants are
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OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior
OpenAI is testing another new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the
The Download: AI and coding, and Waymo’s aggressive driverless cars
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world