The newsletter also covers topics like Boeing's Starliner docking with the International Space Station, OpenAI revealing more about ChatGPT, China's struggle in the chip war with the US, and the deplatforming of accounts spreading misinformation. Other stories include the downfall of an Indian startup once valued at $22 billion, climate scientists' efforts to slow polar ice melting, the popularity of cheap delivery meals in China, and a virtual gun selling for over $1 million. The newsletter ends with a discussion on the future of DNA computing.
Key takeaways:
- Surgeon and professor of surgery at Stanford, Teodor Grantcharov, has developed a technology to record and analyze surgical operations to improve safety and efficiency, similar to an airplane's black box.
- A panel of FDA advisors has rejected the use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, as a safe and effective treatment for PTSD, despite positive trial results.
- Silicon Valley is resisting an AI safety bill that would require tech firms to create a 'kill switch' to shut down AI models.
- OpenAI has released a paper explaining how AI models' workings can be reverse engineered, highlighting the complexity and mystery of large language models.