The surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps
Heat pumps are having a surprisingly equitable moment in the spotlight. Using electricity, heat pumps can both heat and cool homes. And according to new research, the appliances are now just as common in low-income households in the US as they are in wealthier homes. That pattern is unusual among consumer climate technologies, many of…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/14/1074652/residential-heat-pumps-cost/
The surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps
Heat pumps are having a surprisingly equitable moment in the spotlight. Using electricity, heat pumps can both heat and cool homes. And according to new research, the appliances are now just as common in low-income households in the US as they are in wealthier homes. That pattern is unusual among consumer climate technologies, many of…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/14/1074652/residential-heat-pumps-cost/
The surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps
Heat pumps are having a surprisingly equitable moment in the spotlight. Using electricity, heat pumps can both heat and cool homes. And according to new research, the appliances are now just as common in low-income households in the US as they are in wealthier homes. That pattern is unusual among consumer climate technologies, many of…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/14/1074652/residential-heat-pumps-cost/
The surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps
Heat pumps are having a surprisingly equitable moment in the spotlight. Using electricity, heat pumps can both heat and cool homes. And according to new research, the appliances are now just as common in low-income households in the US as they are in wealthier homes. That pattern is unusual among consumer climate technologies, many of…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/14/1074652/residential-heat-pumps-cost/
The Download: inaccurate welfare algorithms, and training AI for free
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. An algorithm intended to reduce poverty might disqualify people in need The news: An algorithm funded by the World Bank to determine which families should get financial assistance in Jordan likely excludes people…
We are all AI’s free data workers
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week I’ve been thinking a lot about the human labor behind fancy AI models. The secret to making AI chatbots sound smart and spew less toxic nonsense is to use a…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/13/1074560/we-are-all-ais-free-data-workers/
An algorithm intended to reduce poverty in Jordan disqualifies people in need
An algorithm funded by the World Bank to determine which families should get financial assistance in Jordan likely excludes people who should qualify, according to an investigation published this morning by Human Rights Watch. The algorithmic system, called Takaful, ranks families applying for aid from least poor to poorest using a secret calculus that assigns…
Successfully deploying machine learning
After decades of research and development, mostly confined to academia and projects in large organizations, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are advancing into every corner of the modern enterprise, from chatbots to tractors, and financial markets to medical research. But companies are struggling to move from individual use cases to organization-wide adoption for…
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/12/1074272/successfully-deploying-machine-learning/
The Download: carbon credits for EV chargers, and the real risks of AI
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. Rivian hopes to earn carbon credits for its home electric vehicle chargers California-based automaker Rivian markets its high-end electric trucks to climate-conscious consumers hoping to do right by the planet. Now, the firm…
Rivian hopes to earn carbon credits for its home electric vehicle chargers
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Rivian markets its high-end electric trucks to climate-conscious consumers hoping to simultaneously explore the great outdoors and do right by the planet. Now, the California-based automaker has applied to earn carbon credits for the chargers that power its pickups and SUVs, including those installed in its customers’ homes—an effort that MIT Technology Review is revealing…