OpenAI releases its new o3-mini reasoning model for free
These types of models are most effective at solving complex problems, so if you have any PhD-level math problems you’re cracking away at, you...
Amazon has won a historic warehouse union election. But the battle is not over.
A majority of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama have voted against unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) in...
Anthropic’s chief scientist on 5 ways agents will be even better in 2025
2/ Agents will understand context “Claude needs to learn enough about your particular situation and the constraints that you operate under to be...
This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
The researchers used a new version of CRISPR technology, called base editing, that can replace a single letter of DNA at a specific location. ...
Covid conspiracy theories are driving people to anti-Semitism online
A warning: Conspiracy theories about covid are helping disseminate anti-Semitic beliefs to a wider audience, warns a new report by the antiracist advocacy group...
Religious leaders are becoming content creators to keep their followers engaged
Search for Sunday sermons on YouTube, and you’ll get a hodgepodge of results: inspirational-style talks on struggle and resilience, viral videos featuring televangelists like...
Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef
In his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates lays out what it will really take to eliminate the greenhouse-gas emissions...
Ketamine is easier to prescribe than ever, and the FDA is not happy about...
So is at-home ketamine safe? William Dudney, a psychiatrist in Tampa, Florida, has been offering patients ketamine for five years in the form of...
Irene T. Cheng, SM ’78
“Thinking big, aiming high, and making a difference were rules of the road embedded during my time at MIT,” says Irene Cheng, SM ’78,...
Let’s Talk About Amazon’s Home-Patrolling Robots
About this time every year, Amazon announces a slew of new products. Some of them are fairly normal: new Echo speakers, smart screens, video...
