The Download: creating “spare” human bodies, and ditching US AI models
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Summary
The Download by MIT Technology Review provides the most important and intriguing stories and news discoveries from the world of technology.
One article suggests many challenges in medicine could be resolved with ethically sourced human bodies however ethics and other factors have prevented this from being a solution.
There may be a way using advances in biotechnology to produce living human bodies without the neural components that allow us to think, be aware, or feel pain which would be ethically suitable.
This could one day provide “spare” bodies for drug development and medical research, reducing the need for animal testing and helping those on organ transplant lists.
Another article highlights how many countries no longer want to rely on US-based tech, particularly in relation to AI.
Due to the potential ethical concerns associated with the US, many Western companies are now looking to create their own tech and not rely on US imports.