The Download: Neuralink’s AI boost, and Trump’s tariffs
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Summary
The Download by MIT Technology Review provides world technology updates and stories.
Today’s edition covers the case of a patient whose Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI, aiding communication but raising questions as to whether it’s the patient or Musk’s software talking; how Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs and more and impact US startups; and innovations including OpenAI planning to reduce the fraction of its revenue Microsoft receives and a robot Amazon is developing that has a sense of touch.
The must-reads list details NSO Group being ordered to pay Meta $167m for using its spyware to hack journalists, activists and politicians; the Trump administration’s Energy Star program for home appliance energy efficiency being axed, and more.
There’s also a quote of the day and One More Thing highlighting a possible end to animal testing.