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Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR

Meta launches Hyperscape into beta, allowing users to turn real world spaces into digital spaces for VR.

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working genome. A research team in California says it used AI to propose new genetic codes for viruses—and managed to get several of these viruses to replicate and kill bacteria. The scientists, bas...

Here’s who is actually using ChatGPT — and how they are using it

OpenAI this week released what it says is the largest study yet of how people are using ChatGPT, revealing fresh insights on who is using the technology and what they are using it for.  The big surprise was finding out that most ChatGPT chats aren’t about work. In June 2025, 73 percent of ChatGPT me...

Nvidia’s AI chips are no longer welcome in China

Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese technology companies are barred from purchasing Nvidia’s latest AI chips custom-made for China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The Cyberspace Administration of China banned buying and testing the RTX Pro 6000D chips, despite companies having ordered...

The Download: measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential

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 to measure the returns on R&D spending Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, it’s worth asking some hard-nosed money questions: How much...

How to measure the returns on R&D spending

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, including the administration’s proposal to reduce the 2026 bu...

Ubigi CEO says eSIM-powered cars are turning into the new mobile office and more automakers will adopt eSIM technology in the coming years

Working from connected cars offers a game-changing level of productivity for professionals.

The Download: regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our Innovator of 2025

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 looming crackdown on AI companionship As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: rogue superintelligen...

I wore the Apple Watch Ultra 3 for 5 days – and it’s a Garmin-rivaling powerhouse

The Apple Watch Ultra 3 adds new screen and communication technology to a winning formula.

Nothing plans to launch ‘first AI-native devices next year’

London-based consumer tech startup Nothing has raised $200 million and vowed to usher in a new generation of “AI-native” devices running on operating systems that “are significantly different from the ones today.” In a press release that reads part ode to technology and part manifesto, Nothing found...

The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks

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. Meet tomorrow’s rising stars of computing Each year, MIT Technology Review honors 35 outstanding people under the age of 35 who are driving scientific progress an...

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of reducing emissions.

The Download: America’s gun crisis, and how AI video models work

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. We can’t “make American children healthy again” without tackling the gun crisis This week, the Trump administration released a strategy for improving the health a...

How do AI models generate videos?

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. It’s been a big year for video generation. In the last nine months OpenAI made Sora public, Google DeepMind launched Veo...

The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

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 Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepren...

Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?

Last week, a legal battle over lab-grown meat kicked off in Texas. On September 1, a two-year ban on the technology went into effect across the state; the following day, two companies filed a lawsuit against state officials. The two companies, Wildtype Foods and Upside Foods, are part of a growing i...

The Download: AI’s energy future

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. Video: AI and our energy future In May, MIT Technology Review published an unprecedented and comprehensive look at how much energy the AI industry uses—down to a...

The Download: meet our AI innovators, and what happens when therapists use AI covertly

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. Meet the AI honorees on our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025 Each year, we select 35 outstanding individuals under the age of 35 who are using technology to t...

Dystopian futures and Gaza tragedy in focus at Venice

As the 2025 Venice Film Festival draws to a close, it will be remembered for films that bravely reflect on the wars and politics of the time — and the impact of technology on the future.

AI as the greatest source of empowerment for all

I’ve always considered myself a pragmatic technologist—someone who loves technology not for its own sake, but for the direct impact it can have on people’s lives. That’s what makes this job so exciting, since I believe AI will unlock more opportunities for more people than any other technology in hi...

Introducing OpenAI for Government

We’re launching OpenAI for Government, a new initiative focused on bringing our most advanced AI tools to public servants across the United States. We're supporting the U.S. government's efforts in adopting best-in-class technology and deploying these tools in service of the public good.

New commission to provide insight as OpenAI builds the world’s best-equipped nonprofit

Already a nonprofit, and already using AI to help people solve hard problems, OpenAI aims to build the best-equipped nonprofit the world has ever seen—combining potentially historic financial resources with something even more powerful: technology that can scale human ingenuity itself.

Wayfair is shaping the future of retail with AI

A conversation with Fiona Tan, Chief Technology Officer of Wayfair.

Top Marketing AI Agent Ideas for Visionaries to Build the Next Billion-Dollar MarTech Platform

Last updated on September 10th, 2025 at 05:04 pm The world of marketing is constantly changing, and it is due to technology and consumer behavior. At the core of this paradigm shift is Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is empowering marketers with the tools they need to derive deeper insights, aut...

Bertelsmann powers creativity and productivity with OpenAI

Bertelsmann, the global media, services, and education company headquartered in Germany, will integrate OpenAI’s technology across multiple brands around the world.

Expanding on how Voice Engine works and our safety research

Exploring the technology behind our text-to-speech model.

A Content and Product Partnership with Vox Media

In a multi-faceted agreement, Vox Media’s content will enhance the output of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and the company will build on OpenAI’s technology to develop products to better serve its audiences and advertisers.

Understanding the source of what we see and hear online

Today we’re introducing new technology to help researchers identify content created by our tools and joining the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity Steering Committee to promote industry standards.

Response to NIST Executive Order on AI

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) request for information related to its assignments under sections 4.1, 4.5, and 11 of the Executive Order Concerning Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s technology explained