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From early cars to generative AI, new technologies create demand for specialized materials

  • Written by Peter Müllner, Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University
imageThe development of new computing technologies drives the demand for improved materials. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large language models advance rapidly from one generation to the next, and experts...

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