The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep
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. Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening Taiwanese politics
Google unveils ultra-small and efficient open source AI model Gemma 3 270M that can run on smartphones
For enterprise teams and commercial developers, this means the model can be embedded in products or fine-tuned.Read More
Anthropic takes on OpenAI and Google with new Claude AI features designed for students and developers
Anthropic launches learning modes for Claude AI that guide users through step-by-step reasoning instead of providing direct answers, intensifying competition with OpenAI and Google in the booming AI education market.Read
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
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. The US could really use an affordable electric
The US could really use an affordable electric truck
On Monday, Ford announced plans for an affordable electric truck with a 2027 delivery date and an expected price tag of about $30,000, thanks in part to a new manufacturing
Google adds limited chat personalization to Gemini, trails Anthropic and OpenAI in memory features
Google updated the Gemini app running of Gemini 2.5 Pro to reference all historical chats and offer new temporary chats.Read More
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in minutes. This phenomenon sits at the heart of the challenge
The end of perimeter defense: When your own AI tools become the threat actor
Russia’s APT28 tested LLM-powered malware on Ukraine. The same tech that breaches enterprises is now selling for $250/month on the dark web.Read More
OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again
For now, the changes should help placate users who felt frustrated by the sudden shift to GPT-5 and deprecation of OpenAI’s older LLMs.Read More
Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
In 1940, a fresh-faced Ronald Reagan starred as US Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in Murder in the Air, an action film centered on a fictional “superweapon” that could stop