OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst. The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web browsing……Read […]
DeepSeek might not be such good news for energy after all
In the week since a Chinese AI model called DeepSeek became a household name, a dizzying number of narratives have gained steam, with varying degrees of accuracy: that the model is collecting your personal data (maybe); that it will upend AI as we know it (too soon to tell—but do read my colleague Will’s story……Read […]
OpenAI releases its new o3-mini reasoning model for free
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it’s rolling OpenAI’s reasoning model o1 out to its Copilot users, and now OpenAI is releasing a new reasoning model, o3-mini, to people who use the free version of ChatGPT. This will mark the first time that the vast majority of people will have access to one of OpenAI’s reasoning……Read […]
How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead
When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 last week, it sent shock waves through the US tech industry. Not only did R1 match the best of the homegrown competition, it was built for a fraction of the cost—and given away for free. …Read More
The Download: measuring vaccine hesitancy, and the rise of DeepSeek
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. How measuring vaccine hesitancy could help health professionals tackle it This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US’s health agencies…Read More
How measuring vaccine hesitancy could help health professionals tackle it
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US’s health agencies…Read More
The Download: climate tech under Trump, and scaling up quantum computing
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. Three questions about the future of US climate tech under Trump Donald Trump has officially been in office for just over a week…Read More
Three questions about the future of US climate tech under Trump
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Donald Trump has officially been in office for just over a week, and the new administration has hit the ground running with a blizzard of executive orders and memos…Read More
This quantum computer built on server racks paves the way to bigger machines
A Canadian startup called Xanadu has built a new quantum computer it says can be easily scaled up to achieve the computational power needed to tackle scientific challenges ranging from drug discovery to more energy-efficient machine learning. Aurora is a “photonic” quantum computer, which means it crunches numbers using photonic qubits—information encoded in light…Read More
The Download: mice with two dads, and Meta’s fact-checking challenges
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. Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR What’s new: Mice with two fathers have been born—and have survived to adulthood—following a complex set of experiments by a team in China…Read More