I’ve combed the web to seek out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 The US spacecraft that landed on the moon is about to cease functioning
However one other lunar lander, from Japan, has unexpectedly popped again to life. (NYT $)

2 Meet the nine-month-old $2 billion French AI startup 
Mistral claims it’ll rival US giants—however it’s additionally simply taken cash from Microsoft. (WSJ $)
+ Microsoft is investing an undisclosed quantity into Mistral. (FT $)

3 How an area information web site grew to become an AI-generated clickbait farm
This case gives a captivating perception into how generative AI is beginning to fill the web up with trash. (Wired $)
+ We’re hurtling towards a glitchy, spammy, scammy, AI-powered web. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

4 A Democrat guide admitted to being behind the Biden robocall 📞
Properly, that was fairly dumb, as campaigning methods go. (WP $)
+ The US just isn’t prepared for what AI goes to do to its elections. (The Guardian)
+ Meta is promising it’ll kind a staff to deal with misleading makes use of of AI within the upcoming EU elections. (BBC)

5 The US is reportedly utilizing AI to decide on the place to bomb
It used machine studying algorithms to determine targets within the Center East this month, a protection official stated. (Bloomberg $)
+ Contained in the messy ethics of constructing conflict with machines. (MIT Know-how Evaluation) 

6 What an enormous photo voltaic storm might do to us ☀️
We’re poorly ready for the havoc it might wreak on our vitality grids and communication methods. (New Yorker $)

7 Bans on deepfakes take us solely thus far—right here’s what we actually want
Current strikes are promising, however the open supply growth makes issues tough. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

8 The promise of inexperienced ammonia
Ammonia manufacturing accounts for nearly 2% of worldwide CO2 emissions, however startups are racing to supply cleaner options.  (BBC)
+ How ammonia might assist clear up world delivery. (MIT Know-how Evaluation) 

9 Some etiquette guidelines for use tech with out being impolite
Let the talk begin. (WSJ $)

10 Right here’s a Slack hack for you 
Change your title to ‘Slackbot’ and easily disappear into the ether. (The Verge)

Quote of the day

“We’re not clear precisely how these platforms work.”

—Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sums up a really actual downside going through judges and politicians attempting to manage social media corporations throughout yesterday’s Supreme Courtroom listening to, Vox experiences.