The Download: what we learned from COP28, and an advance for household robots
MIT Technology Review December 14, 2023
Plus: the new US AI executive order has landed
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 two words that pushed international climate talks into overtime
The annual UN climate negotiations at COP28 in Dubai have officially come to a close. Delegates scrambled to get a deal together in the early morning hours, and the meetings ended a day past their scheduled conclusion (as these things tend to).
It’s understandable if you’ve tuned out news from the summit. The quibbles over wording—“urges” vs. “notes” vs. “emphasizes”—can all start to sound like noise. But these talks are the biggest climate event of the...