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MIT Technology Review - AI
- Don’t let hype about AI agents get ahead of reality
2025-07-03
Google’s recent unveiling of what it calls a “new class of agentic experiences” feels like a turning point. At its I/O 2025 event in May, for example, the company showed off a digital assistant that didn’t just answer questions; it helped work on a bicycle repair by finding a matching user manual, locating a YouTube… - The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao
2025-07-02
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 generative AI could help make construction sites safer More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips,… - How generative AI could help make construction sites safer
2025-07-02
Last winter, during the construction of an affordable housing project on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, a 32-year-old worker named Jose Luis Collaguazo Crespo slipped off a ladder on the second floor and plunged to his death in the basement. He was one of more than 1,000 construction workers who die on the job each year in the US, making…
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.