News
Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
News
Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
AI
Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees
A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.
Podcast
Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
Lost in the wedding algorithm sauce, "clean rooms" for AI, and founders obsessed with "tokenmaxxing" in this week's 404 Media Podcast.
News
This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.
The Abstract
Scientists Gave a Bunch of Salmon Cocaine. This Is What Happened Next
Salmon exposed to cocaine and its byproduct swam farther than unexposed fish, raising alarms about drug pollution in aquatic ecosystems.
News
Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children
Forbes launched ForbesPredict in January as part of an effort to reverse declining traffic from search engines and keep users on its website longer.
Podcast
Why Journalists Are Going Indie (with Maddy Myers)
Maddy and Sam get into the launch of Mothership and the importance of owning one's own work.
The Abstract
Babies Born from Dead Parents Will Increase with New Tech. Are We Ready?
Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be posthumously conceived from the frozen eggs and sperm of deceased parents, raising legal, ethical, and practical questions.
News
FAA Scraps Civil and Criminal Penalties for Flying Drones Near ICE Vehicles
You won’t go to jail for filming ICE with a drone, but the government may still shoot it down and it expanded the list of protected agencies to include the Department of Justice.
The Abstract
The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover
A rare class of meteorites called angrites likely come from a strange protoplanet that was catastrophically destroyed in the early solar system, leaving only fragmentary remnants.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Jazz and Journalism
This week, we discuss the Madonna-whore algorithm, reader tips, and jazz.
