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Marcus does a lot of his tweeting on scenic walks round his hometown of Vancouver. Our senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä determined to hitch him on one such stroll whereas she was visiting town, to listen to his ideas on the most recent product releases and goings-on in AI. Right here’s what he needed to say to her.

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The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you at this time’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 A brand new class of satellites may change the whole lot 🛰️
They’re armed with cameras highly effective sufficient to seize peoples’ particular person options. (NYT $)
+ An enormous European satellite tv for pc is about to return to Earth tomorrow. (Ars Technica)
+ A brand new satellite tv for pc will use Google’s AI to map methane leaks from house. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

2 How a lot electrical energy does AI devour?
It’s so much—however understanding actual sums might be tough. (The Verge)
+ Making a picture with generative AI makes use of as a lot power as charging your cellphone. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

3 How Silicon Valley realized to like the navy
The world is feeling like a extra harmful place nowadays, and that’s drowning out any moral considerations. (WP $)
+ Why enterprise is booming for navy AI startups. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
+ SpaceX is getting nearer to US intelligence and navy companies. (WSJ $)
+ Ukraine is in determined want of higher strategies to clear land mines. (Wired $)

4 The EU is investigating TikTok over little one security
It alleges the corporate isn’t doing sufficient to confirm customers’ ages. (Mashable)

5 It’s arduous to get all that enthusiastic about Bluesky 
It’s simply extra of the identical social media. (Wired $)
+ Find out how to repair the web. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
+ Why tens of millions of persons are flocking to decentralized social media providers. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

6 Ozempic is taking off in China
An absence of official approval there but isn’t stopping anybody. (WSJ $)
+ We’ve by no means understood how starvation works. That could be about to alter. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

7 Meet the folks making an attempt to make moral AI porn
Intercourse work is a sector that’s already being closely disrupted by AI. (The Guardian)

8 Why we want DNA knowledge drives
We’re quickly working out of space for storing, however DNA is a surprisingly viable choice. (IEEE Spectrum)

9 You don’t have to maintain closing your cellphone’s background apps
It does nothing to your battery life. In reality, it may even drain it additional. (Gizmodo)
+ Right here’s one other fantasy price busting: you shouldn’t put your moist cellphone in rice. (The Verge)

10 The mysterious math of billiard tables
In case you wrestle to play pool, take consolation within the truth mathematicians get stumped by it too. (Quanta $)