Abandoning fossil fuels and adopting lower-­carbon applied sciences are our greatest choices for fending off the accelerating risk of local weather change. And entry to rare earth components, key components in lots of of those applied sciences, will partly decide which international locations will meet their targets for decreasing emissions.

Some nations, together with the US, are more and more anxious about whether or not the provision of these components will stay steady. Because of this, scientists and corporations alike are intent on growing entry and enhancing 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 subject to front-page information. That is partly due to 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 12 months for coverage: we noticed the primary sweeping AI regulation agreed upon within the European Union, Senate hearings and government orders within the US, and particular guidelines in China for issues like recommender algorithms. 

So if 2023 was the 12 months lawmakers agreed on a imaginative and prescient, 2024 would be the 12 months insurance policies begin to morph into concrete motion. Right here’s what to anticipate.