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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. How AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater Much of the spotlight on AI in the Iran conflict has focused on models like Claude helping the US military decide where to…
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A new social media platform called Moltbook, designed for AI agents only, is raising concerns online, including from tech billionaire Elon Musk. Moltbook, a project from Peter Steinberger, allows for AI agents to interact with each other without any human prompting. The machines can create posts, comment, and interact with one another, while humans can only
The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence
NEW DELHI—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called upon the world to keep the development of artificial intelligence open to all. “The future of AI can not be decided by a couple of countries, or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” Guterres said Thursday at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. […]