With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery:
A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.
Artificial intelligence may help to make the VA claims filing process easier:
Stanford students on a hackathon team have created an AI tool designed to help veterans apply for disability benefits. Can their tool beat the Department of Veteran Affairs' notorious red tape?
AI gets scientists one step closer to mapping the organized chaos in our cells:
As artificial intelligence seeps into some realms of society, it rushes into others. One area it's making a big difference is protein science — as in the "building blocks of life," proteins! Producer Berly McCoy talks to host Emily Kwong about the newest advance in protein science: AlphaFold3, an AI program from Google DeepMind. Plus, they talk about the wider field of AI protein science and why researchers hope it will solve a range of problems, from disease to the climate.Have other aspects of AI you want us to cover? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
People are creating deepfakes of their dead relatives:
Companies in China are using deepfake technology to create avatars of dead relatives and loved ones. Does the technology help or hurt the grieving process?
5 takeaways from NPR's reporting on the purported Matamoros flyer:
Here's a summary of NPR's reporting about a purported flyer that was found in a portable toilet at a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico that urged migrants to vote illegally for President Biden.
The huge solar storm is keeping power grid and satellite operators on edge:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there have been measurable effects and impacts from the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades.
Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened:
The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.
A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it:
Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI exploring how to 'responsibly' make AI erotica:
The San Francisco-based AI juggernaut says it is re-evaluating its policies around "NSFW" content.
Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy:
The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it's counting on the oil and gas industry for help.