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Kristin Houser

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Kristin Houser is the Managing Editor of Freethink. Her articles on science and technology have been featured in NBC News, RealClearDefense, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on “The Late Show,” to her delight.

Kristin is currently based in Pittsburgh, and prior to joining Freethink, she was a staff writer for Futurism, launched an LA-based music blog, and wrote several animated and live action web series.

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Aerial view of a car using semi-autonomous driving automation to parallel park between two other cars. Red and green sensor indicators display the car's proximity to obstacles while guiding its reverse parking.
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A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
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A grid featuring 15 portraits of an elderly man wearing a hat. The images show various digital distortions.
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View of Earth from a space station window with the word "MINUS" overlayed on the image.
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A close-up of a high-performance AI chip called Sohu
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The AI chip startup that could take down Nvidia
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Three workers in orange vests and hard hats climb a ladder on the side of a massive concrete cooling tower of a nuclear power plant, against a clear blue sky.
Clean Energy
America’s plan to resurrect nuclear power
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In a bustling data center, a person works with a laptop on a cart, surrounded by racks of illuminated servers and cables.
Clean Energy
The future of data centers — on land, at sea, and in space
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ARC PRIZE written in pixelated letters, with a pink square above 'PRIZE' and a yellow square next to it, set against a black background, reminiscent of classic AGI digital aesthetics.
AI
LLMs are a dead end to AGI, says François Chollet
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A gloved hand holds a pair of tweezers gripping a small black square object against a background with concentric circles.
Batteries
Solid-state batteries are finally making their way out of the lab
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Two astronauts wearing orange spacesuits and helmets are preparing for a mission, geared up to explore the lunar surface. The text "T-MINUS" is overlaid on the image.
Aerospace
T-Minus: Counting down 10 upcoming moon missions
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