1 Apple is teaming up with Google to give AI improvements to Siri
This is a huge win for Google, and a blow to OpenAI. (cnbc)
2 Trump wants Elon Musk to help break Iran’s internet blackout
He’s appealing to Musk to let the Iranians get away with it with Starlink. (WP $)
+ Smuggling technology is Iran’s last link with the outside world. (Guardian)
3 right-wing influencers have come to Minneapolis
Their goal is to portray it as a lawless city, and to justify the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE. (wired $)
4 The Pentagon is adopting Musk’s Grok AI chatbot
Just as it faces criticism across the world for creating deepfakes without consent. (npr)
+ The UK is launching a formal investigation into X. (Guardian)
+ It is also introducing a new law that will make it illegal to create these types of images. (BBC)
5 Efforts to empower AI are devastating Taiwan’s coastal villages
The rapid expansion of wind energy is hurting farmers and fishermen. (rest of the world)
+ Stop worrying about your AI footprint. Look at the bigger picture instead. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Don’t hold your breath for a robot’s ChatGPT moment
AI has made impressive advances in robotics, but we’re a long way from human-level capabilities. (foot $)
+ Will we ever trust humanoid robots in our homes? (MIT Technology Review)
7 Meta is about to lay off hundreds of Metaverse employees
Reality Labs are yesterday’s news—now it’s all about AI. (NYT $)
8 We can eliminate the flu
A “universal” flu vaccine could be far better at protecting us than any current option. (Vocal $)
9 You Can Now Book a Hotel Room on the Moon
It’s all yours for just $250,000. (Ars Technica)
+ This astronaut is training tourists to fly on the world’s first commercial space station. (MIT Technology Review)
10 AI images are complicating efforts to find some monkeys in Missouri
In fact. 🙈 (AP)
today’s thought
“In big cities, everyone is an isolated, isolated individual. People live in soundproof apartments, not knowing their neighbors’ surnames.”
