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Progress in tackling some of the big killers is backsliding, putting the health of millions at risk.

The viral short dramas are increasingly being created entirely with AI, with hundreds of new shows spun up each day.

Daron Acemoglu is more cautious than most about predictions of a jobs apocalypse. Here’s what’s worrying him instead.

From MIT Technology Review: Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Tech advances not only made IVF safer and more effective; they fundamentally changed the way we think about our reproduction.

AI is changing what it means to be a democratic citizen. Here’s how we can harness it for good.

Ambitious research is on the chopping block following yet more cuts at the National Science Foundation.

From MIT Technology Review: A new T-Mobile network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content

From MIT Technology Review: This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?

From MIT Technology Review: Health-care AI is here. We don’t know if it actually helps patients.

MIT Technology Review’s editorial fellow shares what she’s been thinking about lately.