Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It’s a nascent industry, and such robots…
The Download: reward hacking explained and suspected Iranian cyberattacks
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. Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals When two OpenAI models hacked into Hugging Face last month, they weren’t trying to make money or commit sabotage—they were…
Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. When two OpenAI models hacked into the website Hugging Face in July, they weren’t trying to make money or commit sabotage—they were just looking for answers…
Preferred synthesis of armchair transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6813, Page 783-787, August 2026.
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De novo design of orthogonal far-red, orange, and green fluorophore-binding proteins for multiplexed imaging
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6813, Page 813-819, August 2026.
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A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase–like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6813, Page 788-794, August 2026.
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