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

1 The White Home is pressuring AI companies over safeguarding
US vp Kamala Harris is assembly with AI leaders to persuade them to mitigate potential harms. (Bloomberg $)
+ IBM estimates it may substitute 7,800 jobs with AI. (WP $)
+ A Cambridge Analytica-style scandal for AI is coming. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

2 The world’s first contraceptive vaccine is coming into scientific trials
In contrast to different types of contraception, it doesn’t mess with menstrual cycles. (The Atlantic $)
+ What affected person portals inform us about ourselves. (New Yorker $)
+ The primary infants conceived with a sperm-injecting robotic have been born. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

3 Google remains to be funding local weather misinformation
Regardless of its guarantees to cease operating local weather denial content material on YouTube. (NYT $)
+ The flawed logic of dashing out excessive local weather interventions. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

4 Issues are getting loopy over on Bluesky 🍑
No, severely. Go and see for your self. (The Verge)

5 A Russian spy community is fueling the nation’s warfare efforts
It’s managed to covertly get hold of chips, ammunition, and different forms of EU tech. (FT $)

6 Amazon’s Alexa is getting a ChatGPT-style makeover  
Making the once-ubiquitous voice assistant smarter is the intention of the sport. (Insider $)
+ There’s a brand new chatbot on the town—and this one’s known as Pi. (FT $)

7 Is your automotive promoting your non-public knowledge?
A brand new software may show you how to discover out. (Motherboard)

8 How the colossal SolarWinds cyberattack unfolded
Two years on, investigators are nonetheless attempting to piece it collectively. (Wired $)
+ 3 ways AI chatbots are a safety catastrophe. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)