18 Oct Technology The Download: The rehabilitation of AI art, and th… October 18, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments In this era of AI slop, the idea that generative AI tools like Midjourney and Runway could be used to make art can seem absurd. But a... Continue reading
08 Oct Technology The Download: carbon removal factories’ funding cu… October 8, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments “OpenAI is building the future of AI on infrastructure it doesn't own, power it doesn't control, and capital it doesn't have.” —Andrey... Continue reading
07 Sep Technology The Download: Longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning … September 7, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments —Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “The... Continue reading
16 Aug Technology The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT… August 16, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwa... Continue reading
12 Jul Technology The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, … July 12, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in ... Continue reading
03 Jul Technology The Download: AI agents hype, and Google’s electri… July 3, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments —Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company... Continue reading
12 Jun Technology The Download: Amsterdam’s welfare AI experiment, a… June 12, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ... Continue reading
23 May Technology The Download: Meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new … May 23, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback and to repair h... Continue reading
13 May Technology The Download: CRISPR in court, and the police’s ba… May 13, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ... Continue reading
04 May Technology The Download: Foreign disinformation intel, and ge… May 4, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover... Continue reading