Abandoning fossil fuels and adopting lower-­carbon applied sciences are our greatest choices for averting the accelerating menace of local weather change. And entry to uncommon earth parts, key components in lots of of those applied sciences, will partly decide which nations will meet their targets for reducing emissions.

Some nations, together with the US, are more and more fearful about whether or not the provision of these parts will stay steady. Because of this, scientists and firms alike are intent on rising entry and bettering sustainability by exploring secondary or unconventional sources. Learn the total story.

— Mureji Fatunde

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What’s subsequent for AI regulation in 2024? 

In 2023, AI coverage and regulation went from a distinct segment, nerdy matter to front-page information. That is partly because of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which helped AI go mainstream, however which additionally uncovered individuals to how AI techniques work—and don’t work.

It has been a monumental yr for coverage: we noticed the primary sweeping AI regulation agreed upon within the European Union, Senate hearings and govt orders within the US, and particular guidelines in China for issues like recommender algorithms. 

So if 2023 was the yr lawmakers agreed on a imaginative and prescient, 2024 would be the yr insurance policies begin to morph into concrete motion. Right here’s what to anticipate.