{"id":13965,"date":"2026-06-16T12:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=13965"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:22:33","slug":"the-download-the-first-brain-implant-power-user-and-south-koreas-ai-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=13965","title":{"rendered":"The Download: the first brain implant power user and South Korea\u2019s AI obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>This <\/strong><strong>story<\/strong><strong> is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things AI. <\/strong><strong>Sign up<\/strong><strong> to receive it in your inbox every Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 The US says it restricted Anthropic AI over foreign intelligence risks<\/strong><br \/>Commerce chief Lutnick said he acted over national security fears. (Reuters $)<br \/><em>+ Following the ban, Anthropic disabled access to its new models.<\/em> (BBC)<br \/><em>+ Both sides are increasingly desperate for a resolution.<\/em> (WSJ $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 DeepSeek just became China&#8217;s most valuable startup<\/strong><br \/>It raised $7 billion, the largest-ever first-round funding for an AI startup. (The Information $)<br \/><em>+ The deal values DeepSeek at over $50 billion.<\/em> (WSJ $)<br \/><em>+ Its unusual structure preserves founder control. <\/em>(Reuters $)<br \/><em>+ DeepSeek\u2019s new flagship model has caused a stir.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>3 Alibaba has unveiled AI models for robots amid a shift from chatbots<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s joined a global race to move AI into the physical world. (SCMP)<br \/><em>+ AI is learning to understand its surroundings.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>4 Fox is buying streaming giant Roku for $22 billion<\/strong><br \/>The deal creates the third-largest player in US TV by viewing share. (BBC)<br \/><em>+ Fox is making a big bet on free streaming.<\/em> (Washington Post $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 EA has launched a new way to advertise \u201cdirectly into gameplay\u201d<\/strong><br \/>EA Advertising allows brands to become part of the game itself. (CNBC)<br \/><em>+ Xbox\u2019s new chief strategy officer is also eyeing in-game ads. <\/em>(PC Gamer)<br \/><em>+ GenAI could reinvent what it means to play.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 It\u2019s trivially easy to use Reddit to manipulate AI search<\/strong><br \/>A tiny snippet of text can\u00a0trick ChatGPT and Google\u2019s AI search. (404 Media)<br \/><em>+ AI search is being manipulated to generate dangerous biases.<\/em> (BBC)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>7 Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body<\/strong><br \/>The technique enables remote guidance towards an egg. (New Scientist $)<br \/><em>+ Automation and AI are transforming IVF.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>8 The world\u2019s leading deepfake expert no longer trusts his own eyes<\/strong><br \/>He\u2019s struggling to prove what\u2019s real before the internet decides. (NYT $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>9 Meta\u2019s CTO admits its AI reorganisation was \u201catrocious\u201d<\/strong><br \/>He&#8217;s promised staff better communication\u2014and snacks. (Wired $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>10 Silicon Valley billionaires are pretending to kill each other for fun<\/strong><br \/>In a new game show from Peter Thiel\u2019s Founders Fund. (WSJ $)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cThere was a speeding ticket, and they gave Fable the death penalty.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014Alex Stamos, the former chief security officer of Facebook, tells the Washington Post that banning foreign access to Anthropic\u2019s leading model is a disproportionate punishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ND22_altruism_ELON_thumb.jpeg?w=1821\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-1061500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VICTOR KERLOW<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br \/>Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more than the present<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Since its birth in the late 2000s, effective altruism has aimed to answer a deceptively simple question: \u201cHow can those with means have the greatest impact?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>#Download #brain #implant #power #user #South #Koreas #obsession<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1403,803,9495,10378,10379,168,22,10377,3572],"class_list":["post-13965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-brain","tag-download","tag-implant","tag-koreas","tag-obsession","tag-power","tag-south","tag-the-download-the-first-brain-implant-power-user-and-south-koreas-ai-obsession","tag-user"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/h_16269933-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}