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
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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
14 Apr Technology The Download: How the military is using AI, and AI… April 14, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments For much of last year, US Marines conducting training exercises in the waters off South Korea, the Philippines, India, and Indonesia we... Continue reading
28 Feb Technology The Download: Underage celebrity chatbots, and Ope… February 28, 2025 By sobanjacobnew 0 comments Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling ... Continue reading