The climate case for AI has not been made

In 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that AI would unleash “astounding triumphs,” including “fixing the climate.” The year before, in a 2023 op-ed, the head of sustainability at...

The Fridge-Hacking Spree Is an Internet-of-Things Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Kernel Panic, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in...

The Cybertruck’s Death Is Actually Great News for EVs

Tesla will end production of the Cybertruck at its Texas Gigafactory next year.It’s a uniquely toxic electric vehicle, between its divisive design and Elon Musk’s embrace of you name...

The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the AI boom

When I saw an X post about a new humanoid-robot cleaning service in San Francisco, I immediately signed up for the waitlist. I wanted my apartment to feel like...

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I Let Pangram Loose on My Gmail Inbox. Here’s How Much...

Pangram says the contents of your emails aren't stored after being assessed and won't be used to train models designed to look for AI...

The climate case for AI has not been made

In 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that AI would unleash “astounding triumphs,” including “fixing the climate.” The year before, in a 2023 op-ed,...

The Fridge-Hacking Spree Is an Internet-of-Things Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Kernel Panic, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security....

The Cybertruck’s Death Is Actually Great News for EVs

Tesla will end production of the Cybertruck at its Texas Gigafactory next year.It’s a uniquely toxic electric vehicle, between its divisive design and Elon...

The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the...

When I saw an X post about a new humanoid-robot cleaning service in San Francisco, I immediately signed up for the waitlist. I wanted...

I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like...

The cleaning robot that came to my building last month was already a bit of a spectacle. It arrived in a blue minivan, out...