AI is rewiring how the world\u2019s best Go players think<\/strong><\/p>\n Ten years ago AlphaGo, Google DeepMind\u2019s AI program, stunned the world by defeating the South Korean Go player Lee Sedol.<\/p>\n And in the years since, AI has upended the game. It\u2019s overturned centuries-old principles about the best moves and introduced entirely new ones. Players now train to replicate AI\u2019s moves as closely as they can rather than inventing their own, even when the machine\u2019s thinking remains mysterious to them. Meanwhile, AI is democratizing access to training, and more female players are climbing the ranks as a result.<\/p>\n Today, it is essentially impossible to compete professionally without using AI. Some say the technology has drained the game of its creativity, while others think there is still room for human invention. Read the full story.<\/p>\n \u2014Michelle Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n MIT Technology Review Narrated: Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.<\/strong><\/p>\n In April 2024, a mysterious someone using the online handles \u201cWaifu\u201d and \u201cJudische\u201d began posting death threats on Telegram and Discord channels aimed at a cybersecurity researcher named Allison Nixon.<\/p>\n As chief research officer at the cyber investigations firm Unit 221B, Nixon had built a career tracking cybercriminals and helping get them arrested. And although she had taken an interest in the Waifu persona in years past for crimes he boasted about committing, he hadn\u2019t been on her radar for a while when the threats began, because she was tracking other targets.<\/p>\n Now Nixon resolved to unmask Waifu\/Judische and others responsible for the death threats\u2014and take them down for crimes they admitted to committing.<\/p>\n This is our latest <\/em>story<\/em> to be turned into a MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we\u2019re publishing each week on <\/em>Spotify<\/em> and <\/em>Apple Podcasts<\/em>. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it\u2019s released.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n 1 Anthropic has refused the Pentagon\u2019s AI demands\u00a0<\/strong> 2 Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide material<\/strong> 3 ChatGPT Health regularly fails to recognize medical emergencies<\/strong> 4 The Islamic State\u2019s online warriors are posting beyond the grave<\/strong> 5 Vegetarians are at lower risk from five types of cancer<\/strong> 6 Activists combating online abuse have been barred from America 7 Russians are looking for missing soldiers on Google Maps 8 Burger King\u2019s new AI assistant will evaluate workers\u2019 friendliness<\/strong> 9 NASA still hasn\u2019t made it back to the moon<\/strong> 10 Are you Chinamaxxing yet?<\/strong> Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis is as much of a political fight as a military use issue.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Steven Feldstein, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, who researches AI in warfare, explains to the Washington Post why ideological differences are likely to be worsening the rift between Anthropic and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n One more thing<\/strong><\/p>\n One city\u2019s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors<\/strong><\/p>\n In the city of South Bend, Indiana, wastewater from people\u2019s kitchens, sinks, washing machines, and toilets flows through 35 neighborhood sewer lines. On good days, just before each line ends, a vertical throttle pipe diverts the sewage into an interceptor tube, which carries it to a treatment plant where solid pollutants and bacteria are filtered out.<\/p>\n As in many American cities, those pipes are combined with storm drains, which can fill rivers and lakes with toxic sludge when heavy rains or melted snow overwhelms them, endangering wildlife and drinking water supplies. But city officials have a plan to make its aging sewers significantly smarter. Read the full story.<\/p>\n \u2014Andrew Zaleski<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. 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It\u2019s holding firm on its stance: no mass surveillance of Americans, and no lethal autonomous weapons. (The Verge)
+ Anthropic said \u201cvirtually no progress\u201d had been made during recent talks. <\/em>(The Hill)
+ Here\u2019s how relations between the US government and the company started to dissolve. <\/em>(Vox)<\/p>\n
But campaigners fear the measure could do more harm than good. (BBC)
+ Instagram is working on a similar alert feature for its AI tools. <\/em>(Engadget)
+ Poland is weighing up banning under-15s from accessing social media. <\/em>(Bloomberg $)<\/p>\n
In more than half of serious cases, it advised users to delay seeking treatment. (The Guardian)
+ \u201cDr. Google\u201d had its issues. Can ChatGPT Health do better? <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
The group is using AI to resurrect dead leaders and port them to new platforms. (404 Media)<\/p>\n
It suggests that avoiding meat could help to avoid certain cancers, including breast and pancreatic. (FT $)
+ Interestingly, the same doesn\u2019t apply for vegans. <\/em>(Bloomberg $)
+ RFK Jr. follows a carnivore diet. That doesn\u2019t mean you should. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Authorities accused HateAid of participating in a \u201cglobal censorship-industrial complex.\u201d (NYT $)
+ What it\u2019s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>They\u2019re posting reviews pleading for information about missing loved ones. (New Yorker $)
+ Google Maps has finally gained approval to operate in South Korea. <\/em>(FT $)
+ It\u2019s hellbent on closing its final few global gaps. <\/em>(Economist $)<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll check interactions to make sure they\u2019re saying please and thank you. (The Verge)
+ Perplexity\u2019s bossy new AI agent assigns work to fellow agents. <\/em>(Ars Technica)<\/p>\n
The mission has been dogged by delays and issues. (WP $)<\/p>\n
Everyone on TikTok is, c\u2019mon. (Insider $)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_d4b7f3.png\")
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+ The Romans: their lives really weren\u2019t so different to ours, y\u2019know.
+ How the Beatles kicked back and relaxed at home when they weren\u2019t shaping history.
+ Disney composer Alan Menken is an undisputed talent.<\/p>\n