The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings
3 Jamal Khashoggi’s widow is suing the NSO Group
She maintains that its Pegasus spyware tracked her husband before he was murdered. (WP $)
+ US financiers are in talks to acquire some of NSO’s assets. (The Guardian)
4 AI is overruling nurses
And it’s forcing them to make decisions against their better judgment. (WSJ $)
+ Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions. (MIT Technology Review)
5 A US chipmaker is sinking $600 million into its Chinese factory
Micron is doubling down on its commitment to the country, despite ongoing tensions. (FT $)
+ Chinese chips will keep powering your everyday life. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Ozempic ads are everywhere
From Meta platforms and airports, to billboards and TV. (NBC News)
+ Weight-loss injections have taken over the internet. But what does this mean for people IRL? (MIT Technology Review)
7 How SEO butchered the internet
Keywords are king, and nuanced language has been rendered next to useless. (The Verge)
8 We may have no choice but to embrace robotic carers
But for now, they remain prohibitively expensive. (Proto.Life)+ Inside Japan’s long experiment in automating elder care. (MIT Technology Review)
9 AI is ruining Etsy
ChatGPT’s hustle culture is churning out poorly-designed and badly-made products. (The Atlantic $)
10 Psychedelics could help us to learn like children again
Some researchers believe the drugs can kickstart ‘critical periods’ for learning, but not everyone’s convinced. (Wired $)
+ VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence. (MIT Technology Review)
