The Download: Understanding deep matter, and AI jailbreak protection
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DOGE staffers are feeding sensitive federal ...
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These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda
“We’re getting noticed,” said Seto Baghdoyan, director of forensic audits and investigative services at the GAO, in an interview with ...
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From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem
It’s incredibly hard to protect a system from someone—the evil housekeeper from DOGE—who has made their way inside and wants ...
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The Download: Understanding deep matter, and AI jailbreak protection
This is our latest story to be turned into a MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we’re publishing each week on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Just navigate to ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Boom plans to start commercial operation with a scaled-up version of the XB-1, a 65-passenger jet called Overture, before the ...
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The Download: smart glasses in 2025, and China’s AI scene
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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Four Chinese AI startups to watch beyond DeepSeek
Honorable mentions Baichuan While many of its competitors chase scale and expansive application ranges, Baichuan AI, founded by industry veteran ...
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The Download: following DeepSeek’s lead, and OpenAI’s new research agent
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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Roundtables: What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI
What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI Speakers: Charlotte Jee, news editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Caiwei ...
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How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow it
And on the hardware side, DeepSeek has found new ways to juice old chips, allowing it to train top-tier models ...
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