The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Trump has again proposed major cuts to US science and tech spending
He wants to slash nearly every science-focused agency. (Ars Technica)
+ If Trump gets his way, the US could face a costly brain drain. (NYT $)
+ Top research talent is already fleeing the country. (Guardian)
+ Basic science deserves our boldest investment. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Sam Altman lobbied against AI regulations he publicly welcomed
A bombshell report reveals many OpenAI insiders don’t trust him. (The New Yorker $)
+ Some have called him a sociopath. (Futurism)
+ OpenAI’s CFO fears it won’t be IPO-ready this year. (The Information $)
+ A war over AI regulation is brewing in the US. (MIT Technology Review)
3 NASA’s Artemis II has broken humanity’s all-time distance record
The astronauts have flown farther than any humans before them. (BBC)
+ Their mission includes MIT-developed technology. (Axios)
4 Chinese tech firms are selling intel “exposing” US forces
It comes from combining AI with open-source data.. (WP $)
+ AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater. (MIT Technology Review)
5 War is pushing countries to ditch hyperscalers
Driven by Iran naming tech giants as military targets. (Rest of World)
+ No one wants a data center in their backyard. (MIT Technology Review)
6 OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have united against China’s AI copying
They’re sharing information on “adversarial distillation” (Bloomberg $)