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A casual conversation with a friend led NYU neuroscientist Tim Requarth down an unsettling line of inquiry. His friend had made an AI video of himself scaling Mt. Rushmore, and a little while later, he felt the slightest bit of a memory of being at Mt. Rushmore — even though he had never been there. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Requarth about why our brains’ process for making memories seems to be vulnerable to generative AI. The post AI may be messing with our memories appeared first on The World from PRX.

Artificial intelligence is a game changer across many fields these days and mathematics is no exception. Yet, the rapid acceleration of its ability to solve some of arithmetic’s most challenging proofs has left many a mathematician wondering how they fit into future equations. The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke to one such human mathematician, Daniel Litt, at the University of Toronto. The post AI is rapidly changing math, and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation appeared first on The World from PRX.

An agreement between the US and Zimbabwe, under which the US would send health aid directly to the country, has collapsed. The Zimbabwean government rejected the deal over concerns about data sharing and sovereignty. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Stephen Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The post Health aid pact between US and Zimbabwe collapses appeared first on The World from PRX.

No, not the scary Terminator-like ones beloved of science fiction writers … We’re talking about the cute, helpful ones designed to help out in school. And, yes — this really is a thing.  A Norwegian company is already successful in 17 countries with a small robot that can represent absent pupils in the classroom. DW’s […] The post Not quite The Terminator, these robots still look human-like and perform tasks appeared first on The World from PRX.

The once-dominant phone giant is now becoming known in other areas of media and tech. The post Nokia is back appeared first on The World from PRX.

In East Africa, the vast majority of cars are imported from other countries. But a group of engineers in Kenya is working to change that by developing the country’s first-ever locally-assembled electric vehicle. The post In Kenya, there’s a quiet push for an electric car revolution appeared first on The World from PRX.

Guy De Launey, from our partners at DW, Deutsche Welle’s, program Inside Europe, reports on Serbia’s vast lithium reserves and the challenges facing companies trying to access them. The post Serbia tries to access its lithium reserves amid local opposition appeared first on The World from PRX.

Deutsche Welle’s Shant Shahrigian reports on a $500 million AI factory planned for Armenia in one of the latest projects from chip-making titan NVIDIA. The post A multi-million dollar AI data center is slated for Armenia appeared first on The World from PRX.

Self-driving cars and electric vehicles tend to dominate global headlines, but some of the most consequential innovations in transportation are happening in far humbler machines. In Shenzhen, China, driverless delivery vans, autonomous sanitation robots, surveillance drones and other experimental vehicles are already operating in public spaces, offering a view of how cities may function in the coming decades. The post In China, the future of transportation is already here appeared first on The World from PRX.

Forty years ago, Shenzhen, China, was little more than a cluster of villages, home to a few hundred thousand people. Today, it holds roughly 20 million residents and ranks among the world’s fastest-growing megacities. Yet, unlike other urban centers that have ballooned at similar speeds — Mumbai or Lagos, for example — Shenzhen has largely sidestepped the air pollution, overcrowding and failing infrastructure that often accompany rapid expansion. In the second of a five-part series, The World’s Jeremy Siegel explores how the city has been able to avoid the problems typically associated with megacities. The post Lessons from the world’s most thriving megacity appeared first on The World from PRX.