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Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

So far, no one else on board has developed symptoms, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO acting director for epidemic and pandemic management, said at the press event. That’s “a good sign,” she said,... Read more »

The Download: AI malaise and babymaking tech

3 A cyberattack paralyzed thousands of schoolsAnd stole 275 million people’s data from edtech platform Canvas. (NYT $)+ The digital learning software is used across the US. (CNN)+ It’s the worst case... Read more »

Here’s how technology transformed babymaking

Vitrification has also made IVF safer in other ways, including by affording patients a bit of time between fertility treatments. The hormonal treatments used in the first phase of IVF are designed... Read more »

The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar

1 After years of insults, Anthropic and SpaceX have teamed upAnthropic will tap SpaceX’s GPUs to meet surging demand. (Axios)+ While SpaceX gets a marquee customer for its AI ambitions. (Wired $)+... Read more »

The balcony solar boom is coming to the US

Let’s talk about what balcony solar is, why it’s unique, and how new testing requirements could affect our progress toward deploying the technology in the US. Plug-in solar systems are designed to... Read more »

What’s next for IVF

But PGT-A won’t give you a perfect readout of a future baby’s genetics, says Sonia Gayete-Lafuente, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Center for Human Reproduction in New York City. And some of... Read more »

The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots

The new war room is one of the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now, our list of the big ideas, trends, and advances in the field that are driving progress... Read more »

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court each day, and has broken down the first week’s key moments in her latest report. In a... Read more »

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

Start with what might be called the epistemic layer—how we come to know things. People are increasingly relying on AI to know what is true, what is happening, and whom to trust.... Read more »

Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

And then the lawyers just kept going on and on about the catastrophic risks of AI and whether Elon Musk or OpenAI was in the better position to steward AI safety. And... Read more »