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The US could really use an affordable electric truck
As Andrew Hawkins pointed out in The Verge this week, “Ford seems to realize its timing is unfortunate.” During…
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
One more thing How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our worldEnvironmental…
The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power
Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order to develop “The Iron Dome for…
The Download: Meet the judges using AI, and GPT-5’s health promises
The propensity for AI systems to make mistakes that humans miss has been on full display in the US legal system…
What you may have missed about GPT-5
With the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI has begun explicitly telling people to use its models for health advice. At the…
Sam Altman and the whale
But where is the transition from the BlackBerry keyboard to the touch-screen iPhone? Where is the assisted GPS…
The Download: A quantum radar, and chipmakers’ deal with the US…
Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of atoms…
Meet the early-adopter judges using AI
In this, Goddard appears to be caught in the same predicament the AI boom has created for many of us. Three…
This quantum radar could image buried objects
The glass cell that serves as the radar’s quantum component is full of cesium atoms kept at room temperature.…
The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…