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The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
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Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next.
As the war in Iran continues to engulf the Middle East and the Strait of
The Download: gig workers training humanoids, and better AI benchmarks
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The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home
When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to
Shifting to AI model customization is an architectural imperative
In the early days of large language models (LLMs), we grew accustomed to massive 10x
The Download: AI health tools and the Pentagon’s Anthropic culture war
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AI benchmarks are broken. Here’s what we need instead.
For decades, artificial intelligence has been evaluated through the question of whether machines outperform humans.
There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work?
Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a new space within its Copilot app where
The Pentagon’s culture war tactic against Anthropic has backfired
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The Download: brainless human clones and the first uterus kept alive outside a body
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Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones
After operating in secrecy for years, a startup company called R3 Bio, in Richmond, California,
A woman’s uterus has been kept alive outside the body for the first time
“Think of this as a human body,” says Javier González. In front of me is
The Download: the internet’s best weather app, and why people freeze their brains
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Here’s why some people choose cryonics to store their bodies and brains after death
This week I reported on some rather unusual research that focuses on the brain of