{"id":8610,"date":"2026-04-30T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=8610"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:55:35","slug":"the-download-the-north-poles-future-and-humanoid-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=8610","title":{"rendered":"The Download: the North Pole&#8217;s future and humanoid data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\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<\/strong> <strong>Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have all set AI spending records<br \/><\/strong>Collectively, they\u2019re up 71% on the same quarter last year<strong>. <\/strong>\u00a0(NYT $)<strong><br \/><\/strong><em>+ Microsoft, Google and Amazon reported big payoffs from the splurge.<\/em> (FT $)<br \/><em>+ But Meta\u2019s shares slid after its plans spooked investors. <\/em>(BBC)<strong><br \/><\/strong><em>+ What even is the AI bubble?<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong> <strong>The White House opposes Anthropic\u2019s plan to expand Mythos access<br \/><\/strong>It\u2019s concerned about the model\u2019s cyber risks. (Bloomberg $)<br \/><em>+ And worried that the government will lose compute access. <\/em>(WSJ $)<br \/>+ <em>Anthropic is seeking funding at a valuation over $900 billion<\/em>. (Bloomberg $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong> <strong>Elon Musk has claimed OpenAI\u2019s leaders \u201clooted the nonprofit\u201d<br \/><\/strong>During testimony<strong>, <\/strong>Musk said he \u201cwas a fool\u201d for trusting them. (Gizmodo)<br \/><em>+ But he had raised his own concerns about OpenAI\u2019s non-profit status.<\/em> (The Verge)<br \/><em>+ The case could reshape the AI landscape. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 Autonomous vehicles may be worsening<br \/><\/strong>According to emergency first-responders, glitches are increasing. (Wired)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 OpenAI has abandoned much of its Stargate plan<br \/><\/strong>It will no longer develop its own data centers. (FT $)<br \/><em>+ The project\u2019s compute requirements have been questioned. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6<\/strong> <strong>A convicted Harvard scientist is rebuilding a brain-computer lab in China<br \/><\/strong>He had previously been named the world\u2019s top chemist. (Reuters $) <strong><br \/><\/strong><em>+ But was then convicted for lying about payments from China.<\/em> (NYT $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong> <strong>Families have sued OpenAI over a mass shooter&#8217;s use of ChatGPT<br \/><\/strong>They say OpenAI provided a dangerously defective version of the chatbot. (NPR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Apple is reportedly close to giving up on the Vision Pro<\/strong><br \/>After the latest model flopped. (MacRumors)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong> <strong>Senators are interrogating US AI firms on safeguards against China<br \/><\/strong>Over fears of IP theft. (Axios)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10<\/strong> <strong>Friendly AI chatbots are more likely to be inaccurate<br \/><\/strong>A new study found kinder answers contained more mistakes. (BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cNever talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user\u2019s query.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014OpenAI instructs Codex to avoid critter talk in a system prompt for the coding agent, Ars Technica reports.<\/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\/2023\/12\/TechReview_PassiveHouse_2.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"illustration of a house with numbered features\" class=\"wp-image-1084599\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ARTHUR MOUNT<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Is this the most energy-efficient way to build homes?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>When engineers began designing an ultra-efficient home in the 1970s, they realized the trick wasn\u2019t generating energy in a greener way, but using less of it. They needed to make a better thermos, not a cheaper coffee maker.<\/p>\n<p>That idea helped inspire today\u2019s passive-house standard: airtight buildings that can cut energy use by up to 90% through better windows, insulation, and ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>Although they&#8217;re often considered a cold-climate approach, passive houses actually have universal benefits. Find out what makes them so efficient.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>#Download #North #Poles #future #humanoid #data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Google,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1265,803,1660,501,296,6805,7493],"class_list":["post-8610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-data","tag-download","tag-future","tag-humanoid","tag-north","tag-poles","tag-the-download-the-north-pole039s-future-and-humanoid-data"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North_Pole_Expedition_MIT_Tech_Rev_TimK_002top-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\/8610","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=8610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}