It’s been a busy few months for AI hype, with companies making breathless claims about hacking, mathematical breakthroughs, and the prospect of self-improving superintelligence.

Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.

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The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight.

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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it ...

In Southern California’s Otay Mountain Wilderness, the federal surveillance network seems unavoidable. But year after year, migrant deaths persist.

Climate innovator Jae-Won Chung, for example, built software to make AI more energy-efficient. By measuring the energy ...

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Emily M. Bender is professor of linguistics at the University of Washington and coauthor of The AI Con. Your daily dose of what's up in emerging technology Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

You had a lot of questions about the recent claims that humanity is facing an existential risk from AI. We had a go at answering a few.