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

AI Hype vs. Reality

MIT Technology Review's latest Download newsletter argues that this summer's AI breakthroughs and accompanying fears may be more marketing than substance, with Timnit Gebru and Emily Bender warning of overstated claims. A companion piece cautions that Anthropic's late-April announcements and the broader hype cycle deserve heavy skepticism.

Engineering & Tooling

For practitioners, a new Towards Data Science guide outlines four ways to apply AI to a PhD thesis, covering citation discovery, code consolidation, fact-checking, and defense preparation. Separately, an introduction to Jev profiles an AI system built for decision-making rather than text generation.

Surveillance Tech

An MIT Technology Review investigation into the virtual border wall documents how billions spent on surveillance towers produced deadly failures, a sobering counterpoint to vendor claims about automated monitoring systems.