The Download: offshore rocket launches, and how DOGE plans to use AI
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Summary
The main stories today are an Elon Musk-led consortium’s bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4bn, which the company’s CEO claims will be rejected; the US Federal Judge has ruled against proposed NIH cuts to research grants; and Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD is set to start producing self-driving cars.
Additionally, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on foreign steel, and in other news related to the US, Facebook (now META) has declined a chance to buy Twitter for $9.74bn.
AI leaders are arguing over the associated risks, and Google Maps has started showing the ‘Gulf of America’.