Last winter, during the construction of an affordable housing project on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, a 32-year-old worker named Jose Luis Collaguazo Crespo slipped off a ladder on the second floor and plunged to his death in the basement. He was one of more than1,000constructionworkers who die on the job each year in the US, making...

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How generative AI could help make construction sites safer More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips,...