The Download: brain-computer interfaces, and teaching an AI model to give therapy
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Summary
MIT Technology Review has published an edition of The Download, its weekday newsletter, which focuses on a range of stories including the emergence of BCIs, ongoing developments in AI, and climate change.
In the area of BCIs, it reports that progress is being made in clinical trials, adding that a recent reader poll included these as a breakthrough technology.
It highlights a call for more awareness of the need for relevant and high-quality training data for AI, and refers to the need for caution in terms of ethical uses.
Climate change-related stories include the developing of sensors to protect farmworkers from heat-related injuries and the potential for SpaceX to create a new route to orbit with a polar mission.
Other topics covered include the progress of OpenAI, the implications of Microsoft killing off the Blue Screen of Death, and the political tensions over tariffs and their impact on industry.