Plus, the White House wants your health data to work harder
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Two people who are shaping the future of OpenAI research
– Will Douglas HeavenOpenAI has been a one man brand for the past two years. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is the most prominent name on its roster. His showbiz style and fundraising glitz make him stand out. Altman, however, is not the person who builds the technology that makes the company’s reputation. This responsibility falls to OpenAI’s twin heads of Research, chief research officer Mark Chen and Chief scientist Jakub Pahocki. They share the responsibility of ensuring that OpenAI is always one step ahead of its powerful rivals, such as Google.
Recently, I sat down for an exclusive interview with Chen and Pachocki. We discussed everything from how they handle the tension between research and products, what they mean when they speak about AGI and what happened to OpenAI’s superalignment group.
In the lead-up to OpenAI’s biggest product release for months: GPT-5, I wanted to know where they were at. Read the complete story.
A rule change by the EPA threatens to gut US Climate Regulations
This mechanism allows the US Federal Government to regulate climate change.
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Tuesday that the agency will be targeting the endangerment findings, a 2009 regulation that is essentially the tentpole that supports federal greenhouse-gas laws.
Although this might seem like a legal issue, it is a big deal for US climate policy. Let’s take a look at the current rule, how it looks, and what all of this means. Read the entire story.
Casey Crownhart
The story is part of MIT Technology Review’s “America Undone” series, which examines how the foundations for US success in innovation and science are under threat. You can read more here .
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AI Hype Index – The White House’s War on “Wayed A “
It’s not always easy to separate hyped-up fiction from reality. We created the AI Hype Index, a simple summary that gives you all the information you need about the current state of the industry. Here’s the latest edition of the AI Hype Index.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
Trump announced a new US Health Care Records System
Some experts warn that the initiative could leave patient’s medical records open to abuse. (NYT $)
+ Big Tech pledges to work with health systems and providers. The Hill
China is concerned that Nvidia’s chips are a security risk
just as the company was trying to resume sales. (Reuters)
+Experts reportedly discovered the chips featured location-tracking tech. FT ($)
Mark Zuckerberg believes that superintelligence is “now in sight”
although he did not explain what it means. (The Guardian)
+ Zuckerberg is taking a page out of Altman’s playbook. (Mag is $ )
+ Meta is not going to open-source any of these superintelligent model. TechCrunch
Tech millionaires are betting on the future of humanity. MIT Technology Review
NASA is in turmoil. (WP $)
4 Google removed negative articles regarding a tech CEO’s from search results.
Someone made fraudulent requests by using its Refresh Outdated Content tool. (404 Media)
+ They used a bug to remove pages. [ArsTechnica[ArsTechnica]
How AI has transformed the design of data centers
They must accommodate a lot higher heat and power levels than before. (FT $)
+ The proposed Wyoming data center will use more electricity than the homes in the area. Apple’s Foxconn wants in on building data centers. Should we move data centers into space? MIT Technology Review
Seven AI agents can probe for security vulnerabilities on websites
Especially shoddily constructed vibe-coded ones. (Wired$)
+ AI agents will soon launch cyberattacks. MIT Technology Review
8 new forms of life were filmed at the deepest points of the ocean
According to the Chinese-led team, the abundance of life in the ocean was amazing. (BBC)
+ Meet divers who are trying to find out how deep humans can dive. MIT Technology Review
TikTok adds Footnotes to their clips
As AI generated videos become harder to spot. (The Verge )
+ A fake viral video of rabbits on trampolines is a good example. (404 media)
What it’s really like to attend a Elon Musk fan festival
The X Takeover was supposed to bring together Tesla and SpaceX fans alike. (Insider$)
+ There are some people who are not fans of Tesla’s Diner. 404 Media
Today’s Quote
Patients across America should be worried that their medical records will be used to harm them and their family.
–Lawrence Gostin is a Georgetown University professor specializing on public health who warns about the potential repercussions the new health data tracking system of the Trump Administration.
Another thing
The cost of building the ideal waveSince surfing began, surfers have been obsessed by the search for the “perfect wave”.
This hunt has taken surfers to tropical coastlines and icebergs. But these days, this search may be closer to home. This is at least the vision of developers and supporters in the growing industry for surf pools. The technology advances that have created artificial waves that surfers want to ride are driving this growth.
There’s a problem, though: Some of these pools are located in drought-prone areas and face fierce opposition from locals. These fights are centered around a question at the heart of surfing: Who will pay the price of creating or finding the perfect wave? Read the complete story.
–Eileen Guo.
You can still enjoy nice things.
A place to relax, have fun, and distract you from your daily routine. (Do you have any ideas? Drop a line at me or skeet them at me.
+ Perhaps airplane food wasn’t as bad as you thought. Unknowingly, a metal detectorist in the Czech Republic found some ancient armorthat may have been used during the Trojan War. Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s retelling of The Odyssey are already sold out a full year before the film’s release.
This website shows a new image of someone pointing your mouse every few seconds .
