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The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush

This is an area of research I’ve been fascinated by lately, so let’s take a look at the potential to...

The Download: AI’s self-improvement problem, and what’s driving the heat

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...

The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices

A new research project called the AI Observatory aims to fill in the gap. Its analysis shows many more sensitive...

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

Moxie is a robot—a 15-inch-tall device that looks a bit like a blue, legless astronaut. It belongs to a subset...

The Download: Flock’s new rules, cloning’s future, and children’s cells

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...

The Download: kids’ thoughts on AI, and female clones of male mice

When we set out to talk to kids about AI, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected stories...

The Download: our 35 young innovators and the “censorship-industrial complex”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...

The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Nvidia has secured $500...

The Download: AI agents for science, and the “censorship-industrial complex”

In 2024, Google DeepMind scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a neural network, AlphaFold, which predicts the structures...

The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

What began as a relatively niche conspiracy theory from the far right was able to—and continues to—influence a wide range...

The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Meta has become the latest firm...

The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbs

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US is considering...

The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...

The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

1 It looks like Iran is conducting cyberattacks on US water systemsThat’s according to preliminary investigations on hacks in at...

The Download: Montana’s new experimental drug rules

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The Download: tricking LLMs, and reviving geothermal plants

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...

The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI’s rogue agent compromised another customerAn...