The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening
One winter afternoon in a conference room in Taipei, a pair of twentysomething women dragged…
Why US federal health agencies are abandoning mRNA vaccines
This time five years ago, we were in the throes of the covid-19 pandemic. By…
Grok 4's new AI companions offer 'pornographic productivity' for a price
The most controversial AI platform is arguably the one founded by Elon Musk. The chatbot…
Indigenous knowledge meets artificial intelligence
There is no word for art in most Native American languages. Instead, the closest terms…
Losing GPT-4o sent some people into mourning. That was predictable.
June had no idea that GPT-5 was coming. The Norwegian student was enjoying a late-night…
Time-lapse video made easy: The camera's in your pocket
When you think of "time-lapse video," what usually springs to mind is a camera fixed…
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a…
The US could really use an affordable electric truck
On Monday, Ford announced plans for an affordable electric truck with a 2027 delivery date…
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…