The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception - Mnnofa
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 SpaceX is now valued higher than AmazonIts market value hit $2. 659 trillion yesterday. (Axios)+ A. . .
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 SpaceX is now valued higher than AmazonIts market value hit $2. 659 trillion yesterday. (Axios)+ A post-IPO stock surge also briefly pushed it above Microsoft’s. (Quartz)+ It’s now the world’s fifth most valuable company. (Guardian)+ SpaceX is acquiring AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion. (CNBC)2 G7 leaders want access to top US AI modelsThey’re pushing to escape restrictions on the likes of Fable 5. (Reuters$)+ The Mythos shutdown has sparked a global scramble for sovereign AI. (Fortune)+ The world is looking to ditch US AI models. (MIT Technology Review)3 Trump’s AI export strategy has run into Trump’s export controlsHis administration risks undermining its own AI plans. (Axios)+ It now effectively has a licensing regime for frontier AI. (Fortune)+ Here’s how a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions. (MIT Technology Review)4 Huawei’s big comeback has exposed the limits of US chip controlsIt’s overcome restrictions on advanced chipmaking gear. (Financial Times$)+ The AI boom has ignited Asia’s chip companies. (NYT$)5 AI fears are pushing Silicon Valley toward gene-editing startupsThey want smarter babies to counter superintelligent AI. (Mother Jones)+ The pursuit of perfect babies is an ethical mess. (MIT Technology Review)6 A brain implant has enabled a speechless ALS patient to work full-timeThe system translates his brain activity into speech. (The Register)+ He’s become the first “power user” of a BCI. (MIT Technology Review)7 A leak has revealed details of Peter Thiel’s secret societyIts program ranges from cult-building to prepping for World War III. (Wired$)