The Download: moon city problems and drone traffic controllers
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. Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind The US and China are racing to build bases on the moon, with NASA hoping to establish…
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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 An Anthropic AI model submitted a fake tip about an unsolved murder The tip was in a new group of rogue actions Anthropic disclosed. ( NYT $) + Police criticised the company for waiting nine days to report it after finding it. ( WSJ $) + Another model submitted real government forms. ( Quartz ) + The White House has made AI incident reporting mandatory. ( Axios ) + But who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? ( MIT Technology Review )
2 Ukraine’s drone strikes have dealt a major blow to Russian AI Sunday’s attack shut down the third Yandex data centre hit in days. ( Reuters $) + The strikes have disrupted Russia’s AI, cloud services, and apps. ( Gizmodo ) + They followed Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers. ( Ars Technica ) + Russian military satellites could disrupt Starlink. ( Reuters $) + Ukraine’s drone data is fueling a wild market. ( MIT Technology Review )
3 Iranian ChatGPT users have planted AI-generated articles in news outlets About a dozen outlets ran roughly 100 articles by fake journalists. ( CNN ) + The articles criticised the Iran war’s effects on Americans. ( WP $) + AI has been used to turn the Iran conflict into theatre. ( MIT Technology Review )
4 Tesla has renamed “Full Self-Driving” as “Assisted Driving” in Europe EU lawmakers said the old name was misleading. ( TechCrunch ) + Tesla hopes the rebrand leads regulators to approve the feature. ( Wired $) + Back in the US, it plans to increase toxic emissions near a school. ( SFGate )
5 A ransomware negotiator has been arrested amid a hacking crackdown The FBI suspects he was involved with a gang that recently claimed to have stolen data on the bureau’s employees. ( Reuters $) + AI is making online crimes easier. ( MIT Technology Review )
6 Hollywood's hottest villain right now is the tech billionaire Four new films feature dark depictions of Silicon Valley leaders. ( Axios $) + The real Mark Zuckerberg has also become a new character. ( NYT $)
