The Obtain: AI and coding, and Waymo’s aggressive driverless vehicles
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you in the present day’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Amazon’s new brokers can reportedly code for days at a time
They bear in mind earlier classes and constantly study from an organization’s codebase. (VentureBeat)
+ AWS says it’s conscious of the pitfalls of handing over management to AI. (The Register)
+ The corporate faces the problem of constructing sufficient infrastructure to assist its AI companies. (WSJ $)
2 Waymo’s driverless vehicles are getting surprisingly aggressive
The corporate’s purpose to make the autos “confidently assertive” is prompting them to bend the foundations. (WSJ $)
+ That stated, their vehicles nonetheless have a far decrease crash fee than human drivers. (NYT $)
3 The FDA’s high drug regulator has stepped down
After solely three weeks within the function. (Ars Technica)+ A leaked vaccine memo from the company doesn’t encourage confidence. (Bloomberg $)
4 Possibly DOGE isn’t totally lifeless in any case
Lots of its former staff are embedded in varied federal companies. (Wired $)
5 A Chinese language startup’s reusable rocket crash-landed after launch
It suffered what it known as an “irregular burn,” scuppering hopes of a smooth touchdown. (Bloomberg $)
6 Startups are constructing digital clones of main websites to coach AI brokers
From Amazon to Gmail, they’re creating digital agent playgrounds. (NYT $)
7 Half of US states now require guests to porn websites to add their ID
Missouri has develop into the twenty fifth state to enact age verification legal guidelines. (404 Media)
8 AGI truthers try to affect the Pope
They’re determined for him to take their issues significantly.(The Verge)
+ How AGI grew to become probably the most consequential conspiracy concept of our time. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)
9 Entrepreneurs are leaning into ragebait adverts
However does making clients irritated actually translate into gross sales? (WP $)
10 The shocking function plant pores may play in preventing drought
At night time in addition to daytime. (Knowable Journal)
+ Africa fights rising starvation by trying to meals of the previous. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)
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