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The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots

The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite. —Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders...

Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.

Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.

This week I’m writing from Manchester, where I’ve been attending a conference on aging. Wednesday was full of talks and presentations by scientists who are trying to understand the nitty-gritty of aging—all the way down to the molecular level. Once we can understand the complex biology of...

The AI Hype Index: AI-designed antibiotics show promise

The AI Hype Index: AI-designed antibiotics show promise

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Using AI to improve our health and well-being is one of the areas scientists and researchers are...

Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs

Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs

In 1943, while the world’s brightest physicists split atoms for the Manhattan Project, the American psychologist B.F. Skinner led his own secret government project to win World War II.  Skinner did not aim to build a new class of larger, more destructive weapons. Rather, he wanted to make...

Why US federal health agencies are abandoning mRNA vaccines

Why US federal health agencies are abandoning mRNA vaccines

This time five years ago, we were in the throes of the covid-19 pandemic. By August 2020, we’d seen school closures, national lockdowns, and widespread panic. That year, the coronavirus was responsible for around 3 million deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Then came the vaccines....

The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power

The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump issued...

Tsutomu Shimomura - Le physicien qui a piégé Kevin Mitnick

Tsutomu Shimomura - Le physicien qui a piégé Kevin Mitnick

Cet article fait partie de ma série de l’été spécial hackers. Bonne lecture ! Bon, je sais que quand on parle de l’affaire Kevin Mitnick, y’a toujours deux camps qui s’écharpent. Mais, l’histoire de Tsutomu Shimomura, c’est du grand cinéma. Noël 1994, le...

What you may have missed about GPT-5

What you may have missed about GPT-5

Before OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, CEO Sam Altman said its capabilities made him feel “useless relative to the AI.” He said working on it carries a weight he imagines the developers of the atom bomb must have felt. As tech giants converge on models that do more or less the same thing,...

Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself

Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta is aiming to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta Superintelligence Labs with nine-figure offers. The...