Beyond Meat’s weak sales led to headlines about “peak veganism” and the end of plant-based meats. But demand in Europe shows there’s still life in alternative proteins.
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The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI
Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, talks about how AI and other technologies will take over everything—and possibly threaten the very structure of the nation-state.
YouTube Music Adds a TikTok-Like Video Feed to Attract Gen Z
Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app’s newest video feature.
This Showdown Between Humans and Chatbots Could Keep You Safe From Bad AI
Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.
Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets
San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on their traffic skills—and watch out for bodily fluids.
Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly
Geoffrey Hinton left Google so he could speak more freely about AI’s dangers. He argues that building analog computers instead of digital ones might keep the technology more loyal.
Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley
In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality.
Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
The outcry over Zoom’s tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.
Grimes Wants to Be Less Famous (and Replaced by AI)
C, better known as Grimes, talks with us on Have a Nice Future about everything from AI-generated music and art to education and politics—and about the idea of “traditional masculinity.”
Sex Workers Took Refuge in Crypto. Now It’s Failing Them
Banks and payments companies have long penalized sex workers. Many thought crypto would be a solution, but now exchanges are dumping them too.