The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you right now’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
1 Deepfakes are getting used to resurrect useless politicians
For instance in Indonesia, the place over 200 million voters will go to the polls tomorrow. (CNN)
+ And additionally in India, which has a common election across the nook. (Al Jazeera)
2 How BYD beat Tesla to turn into the world’s prime electrical automobile maker
Its development has been really stratospheric. Now right here comes the scrutiny. (NYT $)
+ BYD is moving into transport in a giant method—for this reason. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Sports leagues are rolling out apps for Apple’s Vision Pro headset
Now we simply have to attend to see if folks get pleasure from utilizing them. (NBC)
+ This is what it’s wish to put on the headset day by day for 2 weeks. (WP $)
+ The Vision Pro may assist scientists conduct analysis. (Nature)
4 Vietnam is turning into instrumental within the US-China chip battle
And it’s doubling down on its position by dangling tax breaks and different perks to firms. (Nikkei Asia)
+ Raising trillions of {dollars} might be the best little bit of Sam Altman’s chip plan. (WSJ $)
5 Estate brokers are utilizing AI to furnish folks’s houses with pretend furnishings
Which should cut back their workload. But… does it cross the road into outright deception? (Vice)
+ AI is getting used for an excellent grimmer objective: to generate obituaries. (The Verge)
6 We’re getting nearer to blood exams to foretell dementia
An enormous research of over 50,000 volunteers has yielded some wonderful insights. (The Guardian)
7 How Slack modified us
It made work really feel extra informal—but in addition arguably extra all-consuming, too. (The Verge)
8 Fans are fuming after Spotify layoffs broke a musical encyclopedia
This is an actual reminder of simply how fragile the digital world could be. (TechCrunch)
9 Temu is decided you’ll hear about it
The Chinese e-commerce firm is spending a ton of cash to get identify recognition amongst Americans. (The Atlantic $)
+ Why the stress round Chinese apps within the US is overblown. (MIT Technology Review)
10 Musk allegedly purchased Twitter as a result of the non-public jet account irritated him
I assume that is what pettiness seems to be like once you’re one of many richest males on the planet. (Gizmodo)
Quote of the day
“It codifies your culture, your society’s intelligence, your common sense, your history – you own your own data.”
—Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, explains why he thinks each nation ought to construct its personal ‘sovereign’ AI throughout the World Governments Summit in Dubai.