The download: offshore rocket launches and DOGE’s plans for AI
AI agents aren’t ready yet. The logic of competition is causing them to be released anyway. This year, many people will use AI agents for their first time. Anthropic’s Chief Scientist on Four Ways Agents Will Be Even Better in 2025 (IEEE Spectrum). TikTok has returned to Apple and Google’s app stores in the US
After a standoff lasting nearly a month since a new law prohibiting the app went into effect. Anthropic prepares to release a brand new AI model (NPR)
4 It uses a different approach than others. It combines the ability to execute simple tasks and reason at once. The Information $)
+ OpenAI’s reasoning is a major deal. (MIT Technology Review).
5 A defaced DOGE website was found
Because it uses an unsecure database, anyone can edit, instead of government servers. (The Verge).
+ Next, the DOGE team will be heading to NASA. Business Insider $
+ The DOGE team might need to take a crash-course in COBOL. Scientists warn that it’s only a question of time before there is a Starlink disaster
We are not doing enough mitigation to avoid collisions and environmental issues. Bolivians are smuggling illegally in Starlink
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+ Starlink is helping to end Antarctica’s isolation. Apple is mysteriously teasing a brand new product. We’ll know what it is on Wednesday. (Engadget)
8 You can no longer review the Gulf of America on Google Maps
Apparently Google can’t handle even a tiny bit of criticism. The BBC)
9 A computer that ‘drunk-dials’ videos exposes YouTube’s secrets
It is 20 years old and used by a third of people in the world. But we know very little about it. No skills required. The Conversation $)
Quote for the day “I want you shush your mouth.”–One of several bizarre things Elon Musk’s 4-year-old daughter named X AE Xii said to President Trump this week during their visit to the Oval Office, Gizmodo reported.
