However as the necessity for extra batteries grows, digging up the required supplies turns into tougher. The answer might lie in alternate options like lithium-sulfur, which might quickly attain a serious milestone, as startup Lyten plans to ship restricted portions of lithium-sulfur cells to its first clients later this yr. Learn the total story. 

—Casey Crownhart

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you at present’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 Is it value paying for AI?
Tech giants have made enormous bets that companies will suppose it’s—however some are unconvinced. (WSJ $)
+ AI hype is beginning to look a bit just like the telecoms growth and bust. (FT $)
+ OpenAI introduced one thing that can make ChatGPT extra helpful: giving it a greater reminiscence. (NYT $)
+ It’s changing into clearer how AI goes to be offered to a skeptical public. (CNBC)

2 Chatbot ‘girlfriends’ are a privateness horror present
And the info they’re harvesting is about as intimate because it will get. (Wired $) 
+ If an AI chatbot dumped you, would you be capable to inform? (WP $)
+ Please, do consider carefully earlier than outsourcing flirty texts to ChatGPT. (CNET)

3 EU local weather coverage is worryingly flawed
It appears good on the floor, however while you dig into it, it closely depends on untested carbon-capture know-how. (Nature)
+ Carbon removing hype is changing into a harmful distraction. (MIT Know-how Overview)

4 Bots could possibly be a giant drawback for this yr’s elections
It’s not simply deepfakes—there’s an entire gamut of recent AI instruments that’ll be used to wreak mayhem. (Scientific American $)
+ France says it’s uncovered an unlimited community of Russian disinformation web sites in Europe. (The Economist $) 

5 A choose sided with OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit introduced by authors
Nonetheless, the lawsuit hasn’t reached a closing conclusion but. (Forbes)
+ How judges, not politicians, might dictate America’s AI guidelines. (MIT Know-how Overview)

6 It’s not a terrific thought to stroll round whereas carrying your Imaginative and prescient Professional
For an entire stack of causes, not least your individual security. (CNET)

7 The US army is focusing on teen avid gamers for recruitment 🎮
However there are questions hovering over whether or not their ways are fully moral. (The Guardian) 

8 A non-public firm known as off its first try to land on the moon
Odysseus and NASA will strive once more on Thursday so we’ll see then. (NBC)

9 Jeff Bezos has offered over $4 billion in Amazon shares 
I’m actually dying to know what he’s planning on doing with it. (Axios)

10 What it’s wish to eat a robotic 🤖🍽️
Deeply unusual from the sounds of it! (IEEE Spectrum)

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