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Last updated: September 22, 2026, 2:05 PM ET

AI Hype Under Scrutiny

MIT Technology Review's latest Download edition questions whether the recent wave of AI breakthroughs and accompanying fears are more hype than reality, with researchers Timnit Gebru and Emily Bender warning of overstated claims. A companion piece argues that this summer's AI hype cycle deserves skepticism, noting that Anthropic's late-April claims are a case in point.

Engineering & Tooling

For practitioners, one guide outlines four ways to apply AI to a PhD thesis: finding citations, consolidating code, fact-checking, and preparing for the defense. A separate introduction explains Jev, an AI system built for making decisions rather than generating text.

Surveillance Tech

An MIT investigation details the deadly failures of the US "virtual border wall," documenting deaths tied to the billions spent on a network of surveillance towers along the southern border.