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# The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases

**[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter covers Microsoft's blueprint for verifying authentic vs. AI-generated content online, rising measles outbreaks linked to vaccine hesitancy, and a curated roundup of tech news including Amazon AWS outages caused by AI tools, AI-facilitated trade secret theft, Google's AI-powered Play Store defenses, deepfake grief services in India and China, and an EPA lawsuit over climate science rollbacks.

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