The Download: AI is making robots more helpful, and the problem with cleaning up pollution

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.

Is robotics about to have

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Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’

“I tend to be an AI optimist,” 73-year-old Don Beyer says, who’s been studying machine learning at George Mason University. Read More

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Apple should be worried – Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip threatens to end the dominance of M3 MacBooks, and I played Baldur's Gate 3 on a notebook to prove it

When Apple launched the M1 MacBook Air way back in 2020 (damn, that really was four whole years ago), I was blown away. Now, anyone who knows me knows that

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Apple could deliver a huge iPhone performance boost as soon as next year

With its M3 chip, Apple was the first company to put a consumer-grade 3nm chip in its devices, and according to a new report chips made with the improved 2nm

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The dual nature of GenAI within cybersecurity

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, security teams face a plethora of threats and trends that demand attention and robust solutions. IT infrastructure is growing in diversity, location and size,

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Alfa Romeo blasts into the world of EVs with its stylish Milano crossover

Alfa Romeo has announced its first foray into the battery electric vehicle market with the glitzy unveiling of its new Milano model – a sporty, stylish SUV that goes heavy

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US and Japan announce sweeping AI and tech collaboration

The US and Japan have unveiled a raft of new AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and other critical technology initiatives.

The ambitious plans were announced this week by

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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

Silent. Rigid. Clumsy.

Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward houseguests. For more than a decade, the couple, who live in Los Altos Hills, California, have

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The inadvertent geoengineering experiment that the world is now shutting off

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here.

Usually when we talk

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Google and Intel are challenging Nvidia's AI chip dominance. It won't be easy.

Nvidia was named after the Latin word for envy, “invidia.” And there’s a lot to envy about the semiconductor giant. Companies have furiously gobbled up its very expensive AI chips

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Meta is on the brink of releasing AI models it claims to have "human-level cognition" – hinting at new models capable of more than simple conversations

We could be on the cusp of a whole new realm of AI large language models and chatbots thanks to Meta’s Llama 3 and OpenAI’s GPT-5, as both companies emphasize

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A new robot can mimic your facial expression, if that's of interest

As advances in robotics and artificial intelligence continue, efforts to make robots less creepy and unsettling and more friendly and human-like are a coveted niche of development. Now, federally funded

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