From 9/11’s lasting legacy to AI’s disruptive future

In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore newly released 9/11 records and their revelations about the attacks’ lasting health impacts, unpack a controversial artificial intelligence breakthrough that solved one of mathematics’ biggest problems and examine the growing backlash to a massive AI data center as communities grapple with the costs of powering the AI boom.

Recommended Reading:

25 years after 9/11, survivors are still getting sick—here are the numbers (scientificamerican.com/article/25-years-after-…)

AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the same (scientificamerican.com/article/ai-may-have-jus…)

The data center backlash comes for SpaceXAI’s Colossus (scientificamerican.com/article/spacexais-colos…)

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Allison Rodgers and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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