The Download: AstroTurf wars and exponential AI growth
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Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.
A rare warm spell in January melted enough snow to uncover Cornell University’s newest athletic field, built for field hockey. Months before, it was...
The Download: water threats in Iran and AI’s impact on what entrepreneurs make
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Enabling agent-first process redesign
Unlike static, rules-based systems, AI agents can learn, adapt, and optimize processes dynamically. As they interact with data, systems, people, and other agents in...
The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
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The Download: gig workers training humanoids, and better AI benchmarks
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology....
Shifting to AI model customization is an architectural imperative
In the early days of large language models (LLMs), we grew accustomed to massive 10x jumps in reasoning and coding capability with every new...
The Download: AI health tools and the Pentagon’s Anthropic culture war
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The Download: brainless human clones and the first uterus kept alive outside a body
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology....
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 essentially a metal box on wheels. Standing at...
