New Scientist - Technology

1. OpenAI’s warnings about risky AI are mostly just marketing
   A powerful new AI called o1 is the most dangerous that OpenAI has ever released, the firm claims – but who are these warnings for, asks Chris Stokel-Walker
2. The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for
   Experiments show that viewers can usually identify video deepfakes of famous politicians – but fake audio and text are harder to detect
3. Electric vehicles race combustion cars in 'battle of technologies'
   ‘Battle of Technologies’ sees electric vehicles and combustion cars compete at the highest level. Who will win?
4. How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution
   Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time, Rowan Hooper takes us to the early 2030s, when a technological step change enabled us to produce all the food we needed without the use of animals
5. A riveting exploration of how AI models like ChatGPT changed the world
   Supremacy, a new book from tech journalist Parmy Olson, takes us inside the rise of machine learning and AI, and examines the people behind it