The Download: an interview with Palmer Luckey, and AI-assisted math tutors

Synthetic intelligence might assist. A brand new instrument might enhance the one-on-one tutoring typically used to complement class instruction in these colleges, by letting tutors faucet into extra skilled lecturers’ experience throughout digital classes. Here’s how it works. 

—Rhiannon Williams 

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you right this moment’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1  Google is creating an AI agent referred to as Jarvis
It’ll be capable to do complete duties for you, like shopping for issues or making bookings. (The Information $)
+ What are AI brokers? (MIT Technology Review)

2 Far-right sheriffs are getting ready to disrupt the election 
And the means they’re planning to make use of are getting increasingly more violent. (Wired $)
+ Election officers are receiving an unprecedented variety of threats. (The Atlantic $)
+ Teams are coordinating on-line to unfold lies in regards to the election. (NBC) 

3 Try the primary pictures of the solar’s flares from a brand new NASA telescope
These storms are what’s behind the elevated visibility of shimmering lights in our evening skies just lately. (NYT $)

4 Elon Musk appears to have briefly labored illegally within the US
Which makes his present obsession with borders look a tad hypocritical. (WP $)
+ Why is he backing Trump so enthusiastically? (Vox)

5 An AI transcription instrument utilized in hospitals invents issues nobody mentioned
OpenAI has mentioned its Whisper instrument shouldn’t be utilized in ‘high-risk domains’. However that’s precisely what’s taking place. (AP)

6 China is limiting entry to supplies wanted to make chips
It has a near-monopoly, so any squeeze on provide is prone to have an outsized impression. (NYT $)
+ What’s subsequent in chips. (MIT Technology Review)

7 A Neuralink rival says its eye implant restored imaginative and prescient to blind folks 
It’s an thrilling discovering—however nonetheless very early days for testing the know-how. (Wired $)

8 Nuclear energy is again in style
However whether or not constructing new reactors is one of the simplest ways to quickly minimize emissions is debatable. (Nature)
+ Why synthetic intelligence and clear vitality want one another. (MIT Technology Review)

9 Is Boeing fixable? 
It’s been in chaos for the perfect a part of 5 years, and the issues simply hold piling up. (FT $)

10 Folks have numerous love for Microsoft Excel 
It’s been round for 40 years, throughout which period it’s gathered a surprisingly devoted fanbase. (The Guardian)