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What it takes to bring manufacturing to space

What it takes to bring manufacturing to space

Jonathan O’Callaghan, who reports on astronomy and space exploration, covered the recent push to develop in-space manufacturing. He says the unique physics of microgravity could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.

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AI technologies are more riddled with marketing hype than actual capabilities, new book suggests

AI technologies are more riddled with marketing hype than actual capabilities, new book suggests

Alex Hanna and Emily Bender, coauthors of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want," say current AI systems aren't democratizing creativity and labor, but rather cheapening it, while also preventing consumers from owning the data collected on them.