Latest from MIT Tech Review – Help! My therapist is secretly using ChatGPT

In Silicon Valley’s imagined future, AI models are so empathetic that we’ll use them as therapists. They’ll provide mental-health care for millions, unimpeded by the pesky requirements for human counselors, like the need for graduate degrees, malpractice insurance, and sleep. Down here on Earth, something very different has been happening.  Last week, we published a…

Latest from MIT Tech Review – Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden

Earlier this year, when my colleague Casey Crownhart and I spent six months researching the climate and energy burden of AI, we came to see one number in particular as our white whale: how much energy the leading AI models, like ChatGPT or Gemini, use up when generating a single response.  This fundamental number remained…

O’Reilly Media – A “Beam Versus Dataflow” Conversation

I’ve been in a few recent conversations about whether to use Apache Beam on its own or run it with Google Dataflow. On the surface, it’s a tooling decision. But it also reflects a broader conversation about how teams build systems. Beam offers a consistent programming model for unifying batch and streaming logic. It doesn’t…

Latest from MIT Tech Review – How Yichao “Peak” Ji became a global AI app hitmaker

Yichao “Peak” Ji is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35. Meet the rest of this year’s honorees.  When Yichao Ji—also known as “Peak”—appeared in a launch video for Manus in March, he didn’t expect it to go viral. Speaking in fluent English, the 32-year-old introduced the AI agent built by Chinese startup Butterfly…

Latest from MIT : AI and machine learning for engineering design

Artificial intelligence optimization offers a host of benefits for mechanical engineers, including faster and more accurate designs and simulations, improved efficiency, reduced development costs through process automation, and enhanced predictive maintenance and quality control. “When people think about mechanical engineering, they’re thinking about basic mechanical tools like hammers and … hardware like cars, robots, cranes, but mechanical…

Latest from MIT : A greener way to 3D print stronger stuff

3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers. Over the decades, 3D printers have evolved from experimental curiosities into tools capable of producing everything from custom prosthetics to complex food designs, architectural models,…

Latest from MIT Tech Review – Imagining the future of banking with agentic AI

Agentic AI is coming of age. And with it comes new opportunities in the financial services sector. Banks are increasingly employing agentic AI to optimize processes, navigate complex systems, and sift through vast quantities of unstructured data to make decisions and take actions—with or without human involvement. “With the maturing of agentic AI, it is…

O’Reilly Media – AI Security Takes Center Stage at Black Hat USA 2025

The security landscape is undergoing yet another major shift, and nowhere was this more evident than at Black Hat USA 2025. As artificial intelligence (especially the agentic variety) becomes deeply embedded in enterprise systems, it’s creating both security challenges and opportunities. Here’s what security professionals need to know about this rapidly evolving landscape. AI systems—and…