Must read
I’ve scoured the internet to find you today’s funniest/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Trump again proposes major cuts to US science and technology spending
He wants to eliminate almost every science-focused agency. (Ars Technica)
+ If Trump gets his way, America could face a costly brain drain. (NYT $)
+ Top research talents are already fleeing the country. (Guardian)
+ Basic science deserves our boldest investments. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Sam Altman lobbied against AI regulations he publicly welcomed
A bombshell report reveals that many OpenAI insiders don’t trust it. (the new Yorker $)
+ Some people have called him a sociopath. (futurism)
+ OpenAI’s CFO fears it won’t be ready for an IPO this year. (Information $)
+ There is a war raging over AI regulation in the US. (MIT Technology Review)
3 NASA’s Artemis II has broken humanity’s all-time distance record
Astronauts have flown farther than any human before them. (BBC)
+ Their mission involves MIT-developed technology. (axios)
4 Chinese tech companies are selling intel they “expose” to US forces
It comes from combining AI with open-source data.. (WP $)
+ AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater. (MIT Technology Review)
5 wars are driving countries to abandon hyperscalers
Prompted by Iran’s designation of tech giants as military targets. (rest of the world)
+ Nobody wants a data center in their backyard. (MIT Technology Review)
6 OpenAI, Anthropic and Google unite against China’s AI copying
They are sharing information on “adverse distillation” (bloomberg $)
