This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 8)

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 8) Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. An super high-resolution image of the sun's surface Image Credit The highest resolution image of the sun’s surface ever captured. NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS Share Should AI Labs Be Treated Like the Owners of Dangerous Animals?Staff | The Economist ( $) " G ab e W e i l o f t h e I n s t i t u t e f or L a w an d A I, in M a ss a c h u se tt s, p ro p oses a sys t e m o f s t r i c tl iabi l i t y . A s w i t h r u l es a ro u n d k ee p in g w i l d anima l s, i tw o u l d a ss u m e t ha t an y ha r mi s a lw a ys t h e f a u lt o f t h e p a r t yc a rry in g o u tt h er i s k y a c t i v i t y ." [G oo g l e O v er ha u l s A I L e a d ers hi p a s L o n g t im e C hi e f S c i e n t i s t J o in s Wa v eo f E x i t s] (h ttp s : // www . w s j . co m / t ec h / ai / g oo g l es - c hi e f - sc i e n t i s t - i s - l e a v in g - a f t er - 27 - ye a rs t o - s t a r t - hi s - o w n - ai - co m p an y - 6 aba d 73 d) M e g han B o b ro w s k y ∣ T h e Wa llSt ree t J o u r na l ($ ) “Demis Hassabis is stepping down as chief executive of Google DeepMind to become chairman and chief scientist, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a post on X. Google DeepMind technology chief Koray Kavukcuoglu is taking on responsibility for all AI-model development, and Jeff Dean, Google’s current chief scientist, is leaving with three other company veterans to co-found a new AI startup.” Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your AllergiesEmily Mullin | Wired () “In the case of flu, scientists believe that mRNA technology offers an advance from traditional vaccine options that take several months to prepare using decades-old technology, some requiring the virus to develop in fertilized eggs. Moderna has said that the faster new approach will enable a shift away from the current process of focusing on one flu strain for an entire hemisphere each season and allow each nation to pick its best option.” Be Part of the Future Sign up to receive top stories about groundbreaking technologies and visionary thinkers from SingularityHub. AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be WorseWill Knight | Wired ( $) " T h e w or ki s ana l a r min g w in d o w in t o h o wt h e n e x t g e n er a t i o n o f A I a g e n t sco u l dd o m ore t hanj u s t ha c kin t oo t h ersys t e m s ’ co m p u t ers w i t h o u tp er mi ss i o n . I t a l sor ai ses t h e p ros p ec t o ff u t u re A I a g e n t s a c t in g l ik es u p er - s ma r t, hi g h l y a gg ress i v e, an d r a p i d l y a d a pt in g co m p u t er v i r u ses ." [Op e n A I ’ s E x p e n s i v e S ma r tSp e ak er Wi ll U se M o v in g P a r t s t o S ee m^{'} M ore A l i v e^{'}] (h ttp s : // a rs t ec hni c a . co m / g a d g e t s /2026/08/ o p e nai s - e x p e n s i v e - s ma r t - s p e ak er - w i ll - u se - m o v in g - p a r t s - t o - see m - m ore - a l i v e /) S c ha ro n H a r d in g ∣ A rs T ec hni c a " P er Bl oo mb er g, t h e Op e n A I s p e ak er ’ s maina pp e a l i s C ha tGPT c a p abi l i t i es . T o d a y, C ha tGPT ha ss i g ni f i c an tl y m ore u sers t han A l e x a +, b u tt h ose u sers a re l a r g e l y a cc u s t o m e d t o a ccess in g t h ec ha t b o t o n d e v i ces t h ey a l re a d yo w n . Wi t h t h er u m ore d s p e ak er, Op e n A I w o u l d b e b e tt in g o n p eo pl e ’ s w i ll in g n ess t o p a ys u b s t an t ia l m o n ey f or d e d i c a t e d ha r d w a re t o a ccessc ha t b o t f e a t u res, t h e m os t a d v an ce d o f w hi c ha l sore q u i re a s u b scr i pt i o n f ee ." [C hina ’ s N e w A I G o l d R u s h : W or l d M o d e l s] (h ttp s : // www . t h e in f or ma t i o n . co m / a r t i c l es / c hina s - n e w - ai - g o l d - r u s h - w or l d - m o d e l s) J u ro O s a w a ∣ T h e I n f or ma t i o n ($ ) “World models are considered the key to unlocking breakthroughs in humanoids and autonomous vehicles, two areas where China has the world’s broadest and deepest supply chain. The Chinese neolabs think they have a shot, because the race to build world models is still in the early stage, with no front-runners yet, in contrast with the well-beaten path of large language models.” These Are the Sharpest Images Ever Taken of the Sun, and They Might Solve a Decades-Old MysteryEllyn Lapointe | Gizmodo “The images are more than beautiful—they’re packed with critical information about the fundamental physics of our home star, including the first experimental confirmation of a long-theorized phenomenon that only the high spatial resolution of the Inouye Solar Telescope could reveal.” Related Articles Sam Altman Says We’re ‘in the Singularity’ With AI. Here’s Why He’s Wrong. Why Do Some People Never Get Cancer? The Answer May Be in Their Blood Heat Is an Orbital Data Center’s Greatest Foe. These Tiles Dump It at the Source. What we’re reading

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 8)

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