The Download: peering inside an LLM, and the rise of Signal
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The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
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Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there
Heading north in the dark, the only way Gavesh could try to track his progress…
How to save a glacier
Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their…
The Download: creating “spare” human bodies, and ditching US AI models
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OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers
OpenAI has released a new image generator that’s designed less for typical surrealist AI art…
The AI Hype Index: DeepSeek mania, Israel’s spying tool, and cheating at chess
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI…
China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.
A year or so ago, Xiao Li was seeing floods of Nvidia chip deals on…
The Download: the dangers of AI agents, and ChatGPT’s effects on our wellbeing
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Why the world is looking to ditch US AI models
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