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.
Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace
—Cory Alpert, a researcher at the University of Melbourne studying AI’s impact on democra...
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Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. The popular machines are part of the country’s strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life. Embedding the technology into physical systems—an idea called embodied AI—was a key facet of C...
If you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices. But farmers buying fertilizer for their crops are especially aware of just how far the ripple effects of the conflict in Iran have spread.
Fertilizer price...
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.
What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math
OpenAI says its agents have solved one of the most important open problems in mathematics...