The term "Third World" is making headlines. Last week, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that immigrants from poor nations are a burden on the United States. "I will permanently pause ...

One of the only things we can say for certain about the future is that it will be hotter. Humanity is nowhere close to eliminating carbon emissions, meaning that even if every government on the planet ...

LLMs, or large language models, are the technological foundation of today’s AI. Chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini use LLMs to create the natural-sounding text you see on your screen. But LLMs may ...

Training AI world models on data about physical environments could improve their real-world capabilities in technologies such as robotics. Some researchers, including the computer scientist and AI ...

This is an edition of Steven Levy's Plaintext newsletter. SIGN UP for Plaintext and tap Steven's unique insights and unmatched contacts for the long view on tech. Roughly a decade ago, Li helped AI ...