The Download: nuclear-powered AI, and a short history of creativity

The Download: nuclear-powered AI, and a short history of creativity
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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A new sodium metal fuel cell could help clean up transportation

A new sodium metal fuel cell could help clean up transportation
“It’s an interesting cell concept,” says Jürgen Janek, a professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of ...
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Three takeaways about AI’s energy use and climate impacts

Three takeaways about AI’s energy use and climate impacts
We found that the same exact query, with the same exact energy demand, will have a very different climate impact ...
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The Download: Meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new AI models

The Download: Meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new AI models
Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback ...
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Meet Cathy Tie, Bride of “China’s Frankenstein”

The Download: Meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new AI models
In April, the feed started to change even more drastically.  He’s posts became increasingly provocative, with better English and a ...
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Anthropic’s new hybrid AI model can work on tasks autonomously for hours at a time

Anthropic’s new hybrid AI model can work on tasks autonomously for hours at a time
While Claude Opus 4 will be limited to paying Anthropic customers, a second model, Claude Sonnet 4, will be available ...
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Roundtables: A New Look at AI’s Energy Use

Roundtables: A New Look at AI’s Energy Use
Recorded on May 21, 2025 Big Tech’s appetite for energy is growing rapidly as adoption of AI accelerates. But just ...
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By putting AI into everything, Google wants to make it invisible 

By putting AI into everything, Google wants to make it invisible 
Yes, Google’s line up of consumer-facing products is the slickest on offer. The firm is bundling most of its multimodal ...
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The Download: Introducing the AI energy package

The Download: Introducing the AI energy package
+ But it’s not all doom and gloom. Check out the reasons to be optimistic, and examine why future AI ...
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The Download: Chaos at OpenAI, and the spa heated by bitcoin mining

The Download: Chaos at OpenAI, and the spa heated by bitcoin mining
—Angela Jiang, who is working on a startup exploring the impact of AI on the labor market, tells the Wall ...
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