The Obtain: residing in a time of arrhythmia, and DNA information storage

—Jenna Ahart

Learn subsequent: We’re making extra information than ever. What can—and will—we save for future generations? And can they be capable to perceive it? Learn our characteristic all concerning the race to save lots of our on-line lives from a digital darkish age.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 Fb is auto-generating militia group pages
Moderately than shutting extremist content material down, it’s truly lending a serving to hand. (Wired $)
+ X is shoving political content material into folks’s feeds, whether or not they need it or not. (WSJ $)
+ Some customers say they’re being paid hundreds of {dollars} by X to advertise misinformation. (BBC)

2 OpenAI is engaged on its first in-house chip with Broadcom and TSMC
It’s deserted bold plans to fabricate its personal chips. As a substitute, it’s specializing in the design stage of the method. (Reuters $)
+ Chip designer Arm may change into one of many greatest beneficiaries of the AI increase. (FT $)

3 Elon Musk has construct a compound for his youngsters and their moms
It’s an… unconventional set-up to say the least. (NYT $) 
+ Musk followers are dropping some huge cash to crypto scams. (Gizmodo)

4 1 / 4 of latest code at Google is now AI-generated 
That fascinating reality emerged from CEO Sundar Pichai himself on the corporate’s newest earnings name. (The Verge) 
+ Github Copilot will swap from solely utilizing OpenAI’s fashions to a multi-model method. (Ars Technica)
+ How AI assistants are already altering the best way code will get made. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)

5 This app can function your smartphone for you 
In case you dwell in China anyway—however corporations all over the place are engaged on the identical capabilities. (South China Morning Put up)
+ LinkedIn has launched an AI agent that purports to do a complete vary of recruitment duties. (TechCrunch) 

6 Common is constructing an AI music generator 
Nevertheless it’s a good distance off from demoing it simply but. (The Verge)
+ Rival AI music startups face a giant barrier: licensing copyrighted music may be very costly. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)

7 Youngsters are getting round college smartphone bans with smartwatches
Nevertheless it appears it’s anxious dad and mom which are actually driving adoption. (Wired $)

8 Reddit simply turned a revenue for the primary time
It has nearly 100 million every day customers now. (FT $) 

9 AI is coming to the world of dance 💃
You continue to want human our bodies—however AI helps with choreography and set designs. (The Guardian)

10 A PhD pupil discovered a misplaced metropolis in Mexico by chance
Luke Auld-Thomas stumbled throughout an unlimited historical Maya metropolis whereas learning on-line Lidar survey information. (BBC)