Plus: Grok is restricting its image-generating function to paid subscribers only This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop —Caiwei Chen If I were to locate the moment AI slop
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The Download: mysteries of the immunome, and how to choose
Plus: OpenAI's copyright drama is intensifying This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How healthy am I? My immunome knows the score. Made up of 1.8 trillion cells and trillions more proteins, metabolites, mRNA, and other biomolecules, every person’s
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The Download: sustainable architecture, and DeepSeek’s success
Plus: A judge has ruled that Google won't have to spin off Chrome This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Material Cultures looks to the past to build the future Despite decades of green certifications, better material sourcing, and
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The Download: humans in space, and India’s thorium ambitions
This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The case against humans in space Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling space is an existential imperative. Space
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The Download: Trump’s tariffs, and the DOJ’s proposals for Google
Plus: Cop29's climate financial pledge hasn't had the warmest reception This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge
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The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for
This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Introducing: our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2024 Tomorrow’s technologies are being developed today. And every year, we recognize young people from around the world who are leading the way through
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The Download: Nick Clegg on electoral misinformation, and AI’s carbon
Plus: a second human has contracted bird flu This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Meta says AI-generated election content is not happening at a “systemic level” Meta has seen strikingly little AI-generated misinformation around the 2024 elections despite
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The Download: AI is making robots more helpful, and the
This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment? Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward houseguests. For more than a decade, the couple, who live in Los Altos Hills, California