The new edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch will feature startups and established businesses working to decarbonize transportation, heavy industry, energy, and more.

Generative AI has enabled the production of child sexual abuse images to skyrocket. Now the leading investigator of child exploitation in the US is experimenting with using AI to distinguish AI-generated images from material depicting real victims, according to a new government filing.

The fight against child exploitation is entering an AI-versus-AI era. Use of detection models “ensures that investigative resources are focused on cases involving real victims, maximizing the program’s impact and safeguarding vulnerable individuals." www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/26/1...

AI and Wikipedia are sending the most vulnerable languages into a harmful linguistic doom loop. Wikipedia is used to train AI to speak vulnerable languages. But users are now flooding Wikipedia with shoddy AI translations. Latest in @technologyreview.com: www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

Once reserved for police departments, Flock Safety is now offering its drones for private-sector security, the company announced today, including for businesses intent on curbing shoplifting.

Police-tech giant Flock is entering a new market www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

Wikipedia is sometimes the largest source of online data for languages with few speakers—but many of these pages are now filled with errors made by machine translators. As AI models continue to train from poorly translated pages, people worry some languages simply won’t survive.

The industry is getting billions, but it’s way too early to count on fusion to meet growing electricity demand.

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We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others.

“The data cited do not support the claim that Tylenol causes autism and leucovorin is a cure, and only stoke fear and falsely suggest hope when there is no simple answer.”

What is leucovorin? And why Trump's Tylenol autism claim doesn't stack up. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/24/1...

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Some companies are working to remedy the issue.

Pitches for @technologyreview.com's Crime issue are due Friday!

“Our focus is really on what we can do to pull the doctor out of the visit,” says Akido’s CTO.

This deal is the latest to illustrate just how much investment Commonwealth Fusion Systems and other fusion companies are courting as they attempt to take fusion power from the lab to the power grid.

Ex-staffers testify that RFK Jr. is turning away from science, with potentially dire consequences.

Forecasts aren’t looking quite as rosy for the green fuel, though China is still a bright spot.

Now here: AI-designed genomes www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working genome.

Can AI create a life form? These "generative" genomes are a start. New from @antonioregalado.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

Cool, cool, cool.

More public funding for basic science is a sound investment that makes us more prosperous.

The risks posed when kids form bonds with chatbots have turned AI safety from an abstract worry into a political flashpoint. What happens now?

Jane Muschenetz’s poetry bridges the gap between science and art. She just earned two awards for her work from the National Federation of Press Women. Read our profile of her: www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1...

AI-generated videos continue to astonish in their realism and detail, but do you really know how they're made?? @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social has an explainer for you. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/12/1...

After growing up without reliable power at home, Iwnetim Abate, one of this year’s 35 Innovators Under 35, is working to develop a steady supply of sustainable energy.

With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work.

Gun violence in the US is a public health crisis—and should be dealt with as such.

Every year, we recognize extraordinary young researchers on our Innovators Under 35 list. Recent honorees told us how they’re faring under the new administration.

A legal battle is brewing, as two companies are suing to overturn the two-year ban.

Yichao “Peak” Ji developed Manus, one of the buzziest AI apps of the year, in the latest project that blends his technical prowess with killer consumer instincts. We named him as one of this year’s 35 Innovators Under 35.

New call for feature pitches for @technologyreview.com! This time, the theme is Crime. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Pitches due Friday Sept 26.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. This video explores how much energy AI uses, from a single query all the way up to a huge network of data centers: youtu.be/v3Q_uC5P1hE

Our annual list of 35 young innovators is up and, as always, it highlights a handful of folks helping to develop and deploy cleaner, better ways of generating energy, producing goods, and moving people and things around the world.

We made a video to go with our Power Hungry special series on AI's energy demands. Want to know how much energy a single chatbot query uses? We've got you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Q_...

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AI companies are revealing the one number that researchers have long sought. What comes next?

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid.

Some patients have discovered their private confessions are being quietly fed into AI.

MIT Technology Review's 2025 Innovator of the Year developed an ultra-fast sequencing technology that allows physicians to more quickly diagnose and treat life-threatening genetic diseases. Learn more about Sneha Goenka: www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/08/1...

Opinion: The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research. That’s why basic science deserves our boldest investment.

Introducing: This year's list of 35 Innovators Under 35. Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes 35 extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough problems—all of whom are under the age of 35. Get to know them all: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/i...

Other “replacement therapies” are showing promise for healthy longevity.

After an independent audit, MIT Technology Review found that a recent story failed to adhere to our editorial standards and practices. As a result, we have taken it down and deleted our original post sharing it. More details: www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1...

Earlier this summer, I visited Synthesia's London offices to be turned into a hyperrealistic AI avatar. It was unnerving and eye-opening in equal measure. Check out my story, featuring weirdly smooth hands, addictive AI, and Ed Sheeran bad-mouthing (sorry Ed) www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/04/1...

AI avatars are more humanlike than ever before. The uncanny valley is narrowing. Are we ready for what comes next?

Here’s how Trump is helping China extend its massive lead in clean energy.

It's pretty insane how much this new Synthesia avatar looks and sounds like the real @rhiannonwilliams.bsky.social. Basically can't tell them apart. Just a bit less cynical... And if she starts praising Ed Sheeran or Wet Leg you'll know you've got the clone. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/04/1...