The Download: three-person babies, and tracking “AI readiness” in the US

MIT Technology Review - AI
Jul 17, 2025 12:10
Rhiannon Williams
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Summary

The article highlights a new report tracking "AI readiness" across the United States, assessing how prepared different regions and sectors are to adopt and benefit from artificial intelligence technologies. This readiness metric can help policymakers and organizations identify gaps and prioritize investments, potentially accelerating responsible AI adoption and innovation nationwide.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two biological parents plus…