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The Download: How AI could improve the safety of construction sites, and…
More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry…
How generative AI could help make construction sites safer
Answers to multiple questions (Does the person on the ladder have three points of contact? Are they using the…
The Download: Tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots
A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a…
Cloudflare will now block AI bots from crawling its clients’ websites…
However, such systems don’t provide the same opportunities for monetization and credit as search engines…
What comes next for AI copyright lawsuits?
There are dozens of similar copyright lawsuits working through the courts right now, with cases filed against…
People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics
Peter—who asked to have his last name omitted from this story for privacy reasons—is far from alone. A growing…
Roundtables: Inside OpenAI’s Empire with Karen Hao
Recorded on June 30, 2025 AI journalist Karen Hao’s book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's…
The Download: Meet RFK Jr’s right-hand man, and inside OpenAI
When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services,…
Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s…
“The healthiest societies in 2030 will most likely be on the sea,” O’Neill told an audience at a Seasteading…
The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’…
In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are…