The Download: a quantum radar, and chipmakers’ deal with the US government
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. This quantum radar could image buried objects Physicists
This quantum radar could image buried objects
Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of atoms in a glass cell to detect reflected radio waves. The radar
AI’s promise of opportunity masks a reality of managed displacement
The challenge is not just to build better AI tools, but to ask harder questions about where they are taking us.Read More
From terabytes to insights: Real-world AI obervability architecture
GUEST: Consider maintaining and developing an e-commerce platform that processes millions of transactions every minute, generating large amounts of telemetry data, including metrics, logs and traces across multiple microservices. When
Anthropic revenue tied to two customers as AI pricing war threatens margins
Anthropic faces risks as $5B run rate leans on Cursor and GitHub Copilot as OpenAI’s cheaper GPT‑5 undercuts Claude, spotlighting customer concentration risks and enterprise AI cost pressure.Read More
OpenAI returns old models to ChatGPT as Sam Altman admits ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout
The pressure is on for OpenAI to prove that GPT-5 isn’t just an incremental update, but a true step forward.Read More
OpenAI’s GPT-5 rollout is not going smoothly
It also failed on a simple algebra arithmetic problem that elementary schoolers could probably nail, 5.9 = x + 5.11.Read More
The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama
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. GPT-5 is here. Now what? At long last,
ChatGPT users dismayed as OpenAI pulls popular models GPT-4o, o3 and more — enterprise API remains (for now)
OpenAI has announced GPT-5 will replace all models on ChatGPT. Many users are mourning the workhorse model.Read More
Black Hat 2025: Why your AI tools are becoming the next insider threat
Black Hat 2025 delivered performance metrics from beta programs and agentic AI deployments, proving results are being delivered over hype.Read More