Could Geoengineering Cool the Planet?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Altering the ocean or atmosphere to mitigate the effects of climate change is an approach called geoengineering. For scientists, these techniques were long considered taboo. But now, that’s changing. Researchers and startups are launching three geoengineering field experiments in Israel, Australia and Massachusetts this year. But will they work and could there be unintended consequences? WSJ reporter Eric Niiler tells host Alex Ossola about these projects, and what they could mean for the future of the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alex met Sam at nursery. They were first loves. They built forts together, shared sandwiches in high school, and were each other's first kiss.
0:11.0	They were the dream couple, Sam got into EDM music.
0:17.0	While Alex enjoyed folk, first loves are kind of like your current account.
0:24.0	If they aren't working for you anymore,
0:26.0	maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.
0:30.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, February 15th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.0	Coming up on today's show, some companies are testing Microsoft's new AI assistant co-pilot,
0:45.3	and employees have been eager to try it out.
0:47.8	But does the bot live up to the hype?
0:50.2	W.S.J. reporter Tom Dotan tells us whether early testers say it's worth the money.
0:55.9	And then, scientists are resorting to once unthinkable solutions to mitigate the effects of climate
1:00.7	change.
1:01.7	We'll hear about three geoengineering projects planned for
1:04.0	this year and what scientists hope to achieve from W.S.J. reporter Eric Neeler.
1:10.0	But first, for the past six months, employees at some companies have gotten the chance to test
1:16.1	Microsoft's new AI assistant, called Co-Pilot. It's an upgrade for Microsoft 365 that plugs
1:22.1	into Word, Outlook, and Teams, and it uses the same technology as
1:26.2	Open AI's chat gPT. Microsoft is hoping for one of its biggest hit products in
1:31.2	decades. But what do the early adopters have to say?
1:34.3	W.S.J. reporter Tom Doton is here to tell us more. Tom, what kinds of things can
1:39.8	co-pilot do? One of the ones that has turned out to be one of the most popular is transcription.
1:45.5	So if you are in a video meeting, it would be listening in the background.
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