It’s been a busy and productive year here at MIT Technology Review. We published magazine issues on power, creativity, innovation, bodies, relationships, and security. We hosted 14 exclusive virtual conversations with our editors and outside experts in our subscriber-only series, Roundtables, and ...

Agent creation has become easier than ever but have you ever thought – how can we make them more powerful than they already are? I recently thought of one possible way – what if they had realtime information about specific categories like finance and movies. That would be really cool, right? While ...

The NotebookLM is a relatively new Internet phenomenon, in which Google has distinguished itself, thanks to its Audio Overview mode – a mechanism that transforms the text in the paper into a two-person podcast. All of this, in a single click. But what should you do when you wish to build it ...

In this tutorial, we dive into the cutting edge of Agentic AI by building a “Zettelkasten” memory system, a “living” architecture that organizes information much like the human brain. We move beyond standard retrieval methods to construct a dynamic knowledge graph where an agent autonomously ...

It’s getting harder to beat the heat. During the summer of 2025, heat waves knocked out power grids in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Global warming means more people need air-­conditioning, which requires more power and strains grids. But a millennia-old idea (plus 21st-century tech) ...

Just months after releasing M2—a fast, low-cost model designed for agents and code—MiniMax has introduced an enhanced version: MiniMax M2.1. M2 already stood out for its efficiency, running at roughly 8% of the cost of Claude Sonnet while delivering significantly higher speed. More importantly, it ...

Obtaining the text in a messy PDF file is more problematic than it is helpful. The problem does not lie in the ability to transform pixels into text, but rather, in maintaining the structure of the document. Tables, headings, and images should be in the right sequence. When using Mistral OCR 3, it ...

In this tutorial, we build an advanced, fully autonomous logistics simulation in which multiple smart delivery trucks operate within a dynamic city-wide road network. We design the system so that each truck behaves as an agent capable of bidding on delivery orders, planning optimal routes, managing ...

If the past 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that the AI hype train is showing no signs of slowing. It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the year, DeepSeek had yet to turn the entire industry on its head, Meta was better known for trying (and failing) to make the metaverse…

If you’ve ever watched a game and wondered, “How do brands actually measure how often their logo shows up on screen?” you’re already asking an ACR question. Similarly, insights like: are all powered by Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology. It looks at raw audio/video and figures out what ...

Agentic AI systems sit on top of large language models and connect to tools, memory, and external environments. They already support scientific discovery, software development, and clinical research, yet they still struggle with unreliable tool use, weak long horizon planning, and poor ...

Once a symbol of exclusivity, the little blue checkmark has evolved. For years, that tiny verification badge next to your name meant Instagram had confirmed you…