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Why this year’s World Cup ball may not fly as far

“The simple picture is that Trionda may very slightly punish extreme distance, but it should reward clean technique and predictable flight,” says team member John Eric Goff, who researches sports physics and... Read more »

The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains

This story is from The Checkup, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things biotech. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. The must-reads I’ve combed... Read more »

The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos

Gong and other scholars have been issuing warnings about the security vulnerabilities of AI agents for a while. They publish papers and blog posts detailing exploits such as indirect prompt injection, which... Read more »

Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?

But social media isn’t all bad, all the time. It can provide opportunities for some people, including those from marginalized groups, to form connections that might otherwise be difficult. A 2024 survey of... Read more »

The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The EU has proposed new legislation to end its Big Tech dependenceThe laws aim to boost... Read more »

How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits

Courts are starting to grapple with this question. In February, a federal court in Michigan ruled that a self-represented person’s conversations with ChatGPT to prepare her case were work product—legal work that... Read more »

How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers

This isn’t Google’s first foray into flexibility; the company has agreements with utilities across the US to limit or shift its own energy demand, which can help free up grid capacity. As... Read more »

The Download: Trump’s new AI order, and smart glasses for warfare

2 SpaceX plans to raise $75 billion in IPO at $135 per shareThe company intends to sell 555.6 million shares. (Reuters $)+ The fixed price breaks from the traditional IPO process. (Bloomberg... Read more »

The Download: AI can run your admin department now

That’s where AI comes in. Today’s models can already take on a range of basic administrative work, from organizing notes and summarizing meetings to invoicing, goal-setting, and social media planning. Find out... Read more »

Rehumanizing global health care with agentic AI

Building on that success, HSS is now deploying AI agents in non-clinical patient-facing settings with an AI scheduling and triage service, as part of a collaboration with enterprise agentic AI developer Ema... Read more »