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The Download: tricking LLMs, and reviving geothermal plants

Date
Thursday, July 30, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack  It is impossible to make large language models

The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype

Date
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix   Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division

The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI

Date
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - 12:42 PM
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It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making dinner? Insult to injury. But that’s exactly what the company 1X promised when it showed off a

The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off

Date
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.  —Will Douglas Heaven, senior

The Download: lasers for nuclear fuel, and organ preservation advances

Date
Monday, July 27, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors  Nuclear power provides about 9% of global electricity

The path to artificial superintelligence

Date
Monday, July 27, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Description
Imagine a healthcare system made up of multiple AI agents: one that manages symptom assessment, another scheduling, a third insurance, and a fourth pharmacy. Each is an expert in its domain. But they all have their own distinct knowledge and

The quest to keep organs alive outside the body

Date
Friday, July 24, 2026 - 9:03 PM
Description
This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body. There’s a huge shortage of donor organs, and one of the main reasons is time—they survive only a matter of hours outside the body, even when they’re kept on ice. Doctors