The Obtain: dwelling in a time of arrhythmia, and DNA knowledge storage

—Jenna Ahart

Learn subsequent: We’re making extra knowledge than ever. What can—and will—we save for future generations? And can they be capable to perceive it? Learn our characteristic all concerning the race to avoid wasting our on-line lives from a digital darkish age.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you right now’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.

1 Fb is auto-generating militia group pages
Reasonably than shutting extremist content material down, it’s really lending a serving to hand. (Wired $)
+ X is shoving political content material into folks’s feeds, whether or not they need it or not. (WSJ $)
+ Some customers say they’re being paid 1000’s of {dollars} by X to advertise misinformation. (BBC)

2 OpenAI is engaged on its first in-house chip with Broadcom and TSMC
It’s deserted bold plans to fabricate its personal chips. As a substitute, it’s specializing in the design stage of the method. (Reuters $)
+ Chip designer Arm may change into one of many greatest beneficiaries of the AI growth. (FT $)

3 Elon Musk has construct a compound for his kids and their moms
It’s an… unconventional set-up to say the least. (NYT $) 
+ Musk followers are dropping some huge cash to crypto scams. (Gizmodo)

4 1 / 4 of latest code at Google is now AI-generated 
That fascinating reality emerged from CEO Sundar Pichai himself on the corporate’s newest earnings name. (The Verge) 
+ Github Copilot will change from solely utilizing OpenAI’s fashions to a multi-model strategy. (Ars Technica)
+ How AI assistants are already altering the way in which code will get made. (MIT Expertise Assessment)

5 This app can function your smartphone for you 
In case you dwell in China anyway—however firms in all places are engaged on the identical capabilities. (South China Morning Submit)
+ LinkedIn has launched an AI agent that purports to do a complete vary of recruitment duties. (TechCrunch) 

6 Common is constructing an AI music generator 
But it surely’s a great distance off from demoing it simply but. (The Verge)
+ Rival AI music startups face an enormous barrier: licensing copyrighted music may be very costly. (MIT Expertise Assessment)

7 Children are getting round college smartphone bans with smartwatches
But it surely appears it’s anxious dad and mom which might be actually driving adoption. (Wired $)

8 Reddit simply turned a revenue for the primary time
It has nearly 100 million day by day customers now. (FT $) 

9 AI is coming to the world of dance 💃
You continue to want human our bodies—however AI helps with choreography and set designs. (The Guardian)

10 A PhD scholar discovered a misplaced metropolis in Mexico by chance
Luke Auld-Thomas stumbled throughout an unlimited historic Maya metropolis whereas learning on-line Lidar survey knowledge. (BBC)

—Jenna Ahart

Learn subsequent: We’re making extra knowledge than ever. What can—and will—we save for future generations? And can they be capable to perceive it? Learn our characteristic all concerning the race to avoid wasting our on-line lives from a digital darkish age.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you right now’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.

1 Fb is auto-generating militia group pages
Reasonably than shutting extremist content material down, it’s really lending a serving to hand. (Wired $)
+ X is shoving political content material into folks’s feeds, whether or not they need it or not. (WSJ $)
+ Some customers say they’re being paid 1000’s of {dollars} by X to advertise misinformation. (BBC)

2 OpenAI is engaged on its first in-house chip with Broadcom and TSMC
It’s deserted bold plans to fabricate its personal chips. As a substitute, it’s specializing in the design stage of the method. (Reuters $)
+ Chip designer Arm may change into one of many greatest beneficiaries of the AI growth. (FT $)

3 Elon Musk has construct a compound for his kids and their moms
It’s an… unconventional set-up to say the least. (NYT $) 
+ Musk followers are dropping some huge cash to crypto scams. (Gizmodo)

4 1 / 4 of latest code at Google is now AI-generated 
That fascinating reality emerged from CEO Sundar Pichai himself on the corporate’s newest earnings name. (The Verge) 
+ Github Copilot will change from solely utilizing OpenAI’s fashions to a multi-model strategy. (Ars Technica)
+ How AI assistants are already altering the way in which code will get made. (MIT Expertise Assessment)

5 This app can function your smartphone for you 
In case you dwell in China anyway—however firms in all places are engaged on the identical capabilities. (South China Morning Submit)
+ LinkedIn has launched an AI agent that purports to do a complete vary of recruitment duties. (TechCrunch) 

6 Common is constructing an AI music generator 
But it surely’s a great distance off from demoing it simply but. (The Verge)
+ Rival AI music startups face an enormous barrier: licensing copyrighted music may be very costly. (MIT Expertise Assessment)

7 Children are getting round college smartphone bans with smartwatches
But it surely appears it’s anxious dad and mom which might be actually driving adoption. (Wired $)

8 Reddit simply turned a revenue for the primary time
It has nearly 100 million day by day customers now. (FT $) 

9 AI is coming to the world of dance 💃
You continue to want human our bodies—however AI helps with choreography and set designs. (The Guardian)

10 A PhD scholar discovered a misplaced metropolis in Mexico by chance
Luke Auld-Thomas stumbled throughout an unlimited historic Maya metropolis whereas learning on-line Lidar survey knowledge. (BBC)