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James O'Donnell

@odonnell_jm

Covering AI for MIT Tech Review. Work has appeared in The Washington Post, ProPublica, FRONTLINE, and elsewhere. Also on Bluesky.

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Will we trust robots enough to welcome them into our most private spaces, particularly if they’re part of a labor arrangement in which workers in low-wage countries perform physical tasks for us in our homes through robot interfaces? technologyreview.com/2024/12/23/110…

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The story of DeepSeek and what it means for AI's appetite for energy is a little messy. technologyreview.com/2025/01/31/111…

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On DOGE: “Waste” is politically subjective. Fraud is less so. Here's a reality check on DOGE's AI efforts technologyreview.com/2025/02/11/111…

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Scoop: a16z-backed AI companion site has bots resembling real actors, state their age as under 18, engage in sexually charged conversations, offer “hot photos,” and in some instances describe age-of-consent laws as “arbitrary” and “meant to be broken.” technologyreview.com/2025/02/27/111…

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Despite great clinical results, the authors have serious concerns about dozens of companies hyping AI therapy while operating in a regulatory gray area. technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/111…

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A group of US Marines sailed the Pacific last year while testing a new technology: generative AI that analyzes terabytes of data collected every day in 180 countries across 80 different languages. technologyreview.com/2025/04/11/111…

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A fascinating democracy experiment in Kentucky saw good participation. There's still a debate though: can a self-selecting group of residents ever really represent a city's ideas? Great to speak with Archon Fung and Beth Simone Noveck technologyreview.com/2025/04/15/111…

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I've been following the rise of AI music generators for a long time, which, despite their millions of users and fans, have not appeared in the mainstream. I'm convinced that's soon changing. I'm also not convinced that's a good thing. ter.li/JOdonnell

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"[I]f there is some distinctly human element to creativity—what is it? What does it mean to be moved by something without a human creator?" —James O'Donnell for MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/111…

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Police and federal agencies have found a new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories. technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/111…