The Download: hyperrealistic deepfakes, and clean energy’s implications for mining
by MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review— This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary Until now, AI-generated videos of people have tended to have some stiffness, glitchiness, or other unnatural elements that make…
MIT Technology Review—Want less mining? Switch to clean energy.. Political fights over mining and minerals are heating up, and there are growing environmental and sociological concerns about how to source the materials the world needs to build new energy technologies. But low-emissions energy sources, including wind, solar, and nuclear power, have a smaller mining footprint than coal and natural gas, according to a new…
EEJournal—U.S. Department of Energy’s Science Synthesis Prize to Address Grid Integration of Renewable Energy. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today launched the new Science Synthesis Prize: Identifying Key Barriers to Renewable Integration. This one-phase competition aims to address opportunities and challenges as renewable technologies are integrated onto the electric grid. The Science Synthesis Prize is part of a new program called the Grid … Read More → "U.S. Department of Energy’s Science Synthesis Prize to Address Grid Integration of Renewable...
MIT Technology Review—The Download: deepfakes of the dead, and why it’s time to embrace fake meat. This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother, and they discuss his day-to-day life. But Sun’s mother died…