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MIT Technology Review - AI
- The Download: power in Puerto Rico, and the pitfalls of AI agents
2025-06-17
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. Puerto Rico’s power struggles On the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico lies the country’s only coal-fired power station, flanked by a mountain of toxic ash. The plant, owned by the utility giant AES,… - AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity
2025-06-17
Last fall, while attending a board meeting in Amsterdam, I had a few free hours and made an impromptu visit to the Van Gogh Museum. I often steal time for visits like this—a perk of global business travel for which I am grateful. Wandering the galleries, I found myself before The Courtesan (after Eisen), painted… - Puerto Rico’s power struggles
2025-06-17
At first glance, it seems as if life teems around Carmen Suárez Vázquez’s little teal-painted house in the municipality of Guayama, on Puerto Rico’s southeastern coast. The edge of the Aguirre State Forest, home to manatees, reptiles, as many as 184 species of birds, and at least three types of mangrove trees, is just a…
TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence
- Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers
2025-06-04
American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change that by installing cameras at stop signs -- a solution the founders also say won’t create a panopticon. - Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
2025-06-02
Microsoft's sustainability goals are imperiled by its push into AI and cloud services. - Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
2025-05-27
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.