The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you at present’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 DOGE has ‘god mode’ entry to authorities programs
The chance of hurt, abuse, or revenge is evident. However easy, brazen corruption can also be a priority. (The Atlantic $)
+ Elon Musk is attempting to find social safety fraud. It’s not quite common. (Enterprise Insider $)
+ DOGE claimed it had saved $8 billion in a single contract. It was, at most, $8 million. (NYT $)
+ Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Drawback. (MIT Expertise Assessment)
2 The Trump administration is scrambling to rehire folks engaged on fowl flu
This precise sample is being replicated throughout a number of companies proper now, and it’s straight from Musk’s playbook. (Gizmodo)
+ Trump simply issued an government order giving the President energy over unbiased companies. (Ars Technica)
3 DeepSeek is contemplating its first exterior funding spherical
It badly wants extra chips and extra servers to fulfill exploding demand. (The Info $)
+ In the meantime, Alibaba is opening up its first information middle in Mexico. (South China Morning Put up $)
+ How a high Chinese language AI mannequin overcame US sanctions. (MIT Expertise Assessment)
4 Electrical truck maker Nikola has filed for chapter safety
It was as soon as (on paper) value greater than Ford. However then a fraud scandal hit, and now it’s run out of cash. (Enterprise Insider $)
+ The race to scrub up heavy-duty vehicles. (MIT Expertise Assessment)
5 How a crypto scammer turned a small city in opposition to itself
Shan Hanes drained Elkhart in Kansas dry—and turned neighbor in opposition to neighbor within the course of. (NYT $)
6 Google’s has unveiled a brand new AI ‘co-scientist’ software
Researchers are excited, nevertheless it’s exhausting to say what its true affect can be. (New Scientist $)
+ An information bottleneck is holding AI science again, says new Nobel winner. (MIT Expertise Assessment)
7 Individuals are logging off
Eight years in the past, social media turned a battleground. This time, many don’t see a lot level in combating on-line. (New Yorker $)
8 What America’s first era chipmakers endured
They needed to work in unsafe circumstances—and by no means received solutions about why their children have been born with beginning defects. (The Verge)
9 Can you employ ChatGPT to be taught a brand new language?
Sort of, a bit? However not actually. (Wired $)
+ Translators in Turkey are coaching the AI instruments that may change them. (Remainder of World)
10 The most recent TikTok development? Utilizing AI to time journey
And never simply to disasters like Pompeii or the Titanic—you would simply be an American teen in 1983. (Quick Firm)
Quote of the day
“They destroyed the whole lot right here, and now we’re supposed to surrender? How does that work?”
— Alla Kriuchkova, a resident of Bucha in Ukraine, the place Russian troopers slaughtered a whole lot of individuals in March 2022, tells the New York Instances how indignant she is at President Trump for suggesting the battle is Ukraine’s fault.
