What if we could permanently remove the toxic “forever chemicals” contaminating our water? That’s the driving force behind Michigan-based startup Enspired Solutions, founded by environmental toxicologist Denise Kay and chemical engineer Meng Wang. The duo left corporate consulting in...
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This startup wants to use beams of energy to drill geothermal wells
Geothermal startup Quaise certainly has an unconventional approach when it...
A beam of energy hit the slab of rock, which quickly began to glow. Pieces cracked off, sparks ricocheted, and dust whirled around under a blast of air.
From inside a modified trailer, I peeked through the window as a millimeter-wave drilling rig attached to an unassuming box truck...
Last month I gave a talk at SXSW London called “Five things you need to know about AI”—my personal picks for the five most important ideas in AI right now.
I aimed the talk at a general audience, and it serves as a quick tour of how I’m thinking about AI in 2025. I’m sharing it here...
Google DeepMind’s Gemini AI won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad by solving complex math problems using natural language, marking a breakthrough in AI reasoning and human-level performance.Read More
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.
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and...