A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and re-create that image with remarkable precision. It can go the other way too, and predict a person’s brain activity based on what they’re looking at.
In the image above, for example, the left-hand image of each ...
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Introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2026
What will the next generation of science and technology look like? Our latest Innovators Under 35 list ...
Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of some of the brightest and best young minds working across science and technology. Our 35 Innovators Under 35 are the ones to watch—people whose research and technical work stands to shape the future of their fields.
This year, the list inc...
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.
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved li...