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The Download: gas and oil’s role in climate tech, and using AI to decipher ancient Latin
—Casey Crownhart After writing about Quaise, a geothermal startup that’s trying to commercialize new drilling technology, I’ve been thinking about…
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The Download: three-person babies, and tracking “AI readiness” in the US
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…
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The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair
Plus: sick children are already being affected by Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday…
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The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics
Plus: the ‘big beautiful bill’ has been passed This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily…
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3 things Rhiannon Williams is into right now
The last good Instagram account It’s a truth universally acknowledged that social media is a Bad Vibe. Thankfully, there is…
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The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
Plus: the Supreme Court will allow South Carolina to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds This is today’s edition…
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The Download: Namibia’s hydrogen hopes, and fixing AI evaluation
Plus: Tesla’s robotaxi service is in trouble This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose…
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The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction
Plus: TikTok has been granted yet another reprieve This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily…
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The Download: power in Puerto Rico, and the pitfalls of AI agents
Plus: OpenAI has inked a new deal with the US Defense Department This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter…
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The Download: how AI can improve a city, and inside OpenAI’s empire
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…
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