The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives

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• The hydrogen-powered train in the insular world of railroading is a Rorschach test: to some it represents the future of rail transportation, to others it looks like a big, shiny distraction

  80% confidence

• THORChain is helping realize bitcoin's original purpose of enabling anyone to transact freely outside the reach of purportedly corrupt governments

  80% confidence

• The debate over decarbonizing railroads is partly technological and partly political

  80% confidence

• Intermittent fasting may not help with weight loss after all

  80% confidence

• Land previously earmarked for housing is being sold off to data center builders, the highest bidder

  80% confidence

• Voted for the Trump administration and did not really think about AI until it started to affect her personally

  80% confidence

• Bots and AI have rendered Grindr virtually unusable for some people

  80% confidence

• Predictions are ultimately about power and control

  80% confidence

• AI-powered private schools are failing students by using models to generate faulty lesson plans

  80% confidence

• Nobody signed up for an omnipresent, algorithmic oracle mediating every aspect of their life

  80% confidence

• THORChain's problems suggest that an alternative financial system might not be much better than the current one

  80% confidence

• Advertising can erode trust in AI

  80% confidence

• An estimated 2.2 billion people still have either limited or no access to the internet, largely because they live in remote places

  80% confidence

Cited in these Via News reports

• AI Research Splits Across Borders: US Giants Scale LLMs, Global Labs Advance Robotics, Safety Lags Worldwide →
• AI Robotics Leap Forward as Google Hides Medical Advice Warnings Behind 'Show More' Click →
• Commercial Robots Launch in US and Switzerland as Global AI Ethics Lawsuits Multiply →
• Google Buries Medical AI Safety Warnings Behind Extra Click in Global Rollout →
• Google Hides Full AI Medical Warnings Behind Click as Global Health Tech Safety Debate Grows →
• Google Hides Medical AI Warnings Behind Extra Click as Global Deaths from Misdiagnosis Rise →
• Google's Medical AI Safety Concerns Mount as LLMs Deploy to Military Targeting Worldwide →
• Humanoid Robots Enter Commercial Markets as Boston Dynamics Completes Testing Phase →
• Meta Boosts AI Infrastructure Spending as Global Research Pivots to Robotics →
• Pentagon Bans Claude AI as Military Competition Triggers Global Sovereignty Race →
• Robotics Sales Surge as AI Safety Gaps Widen Across Three Continents →
• Tech Giants Add AI Safety Warnings as Military, Medical Applications Draw Global Scrutiny →
• Voice Cloning Lawsuits Hit AI Giants as Military Drone Targeting Sparks Global Ethics Debate →