The Download: a Nobel winner on AI, and the case for fixing everything
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MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter covers several major tech stories: Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu's measured take on AI's limited productivity impact; the first AI-built zero-day exploit discovered and stopped by Google; OpenAI's launch of Daybreak, a security AI that patches vulnerabilities before attackers find them; Ilya Sutskever's courtroom testimony about Sam Altman's alleged dishonesty in the Musk v. Altman trial; and a book review of Stewart Brand's argument for maintenance as a civilizational act. Additional items include Amazon staff gaming AI usage metrics, a data center consuming 30 million gallons of water unnoticed, and Europe allegedly selling spyware to human rights abusers.
