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China banned exports of a few rare minerals to the US. Things could get…
Take lithium, a crucial component in those batteries. China has around 8% of the world’s lithium reserves but…
Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
I tried to trip Astra up, but it was having none of it. I asked it what famous art gallery we were in, but it…
The Download: Bluesky’s impersonators, and shaking up the economy…
—Melissa Heikkilä Like many others, I recently joined Bluesky. On Thanksgiving, I was delighted to see a…
Bluesky has an impersonator problem
Both accounts were eventually deleted, but not before trying to get me to set up a crypto wallet and a “cloud…
The Download: Anduril’s new AI system, and how to use Sora
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
AI’s hype and antitrust problem is coming under scrutiny
Last Thursday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Eric Schmitt introduced a bill aimed at stirring up more…
We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war
Right now, humans also have to be the translator between systems made by different manufacturers. One soldier…
How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool
What is Sora? Sora is a powerful AI video generation model that can create videos from text prompts, animate…
The Download: how OpenAI tests its models, and the ethics of uterus…
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories…
The world’s next big environmental problem could come from space
SpaceX’s Starlink is the biggest of these. Currently consisting of about 6,500 satellites, the fleet is…