In the big story, the newsletter discusses how the mothers of Mexico's missing people are using social media to search for mass graves. With over 105,984 people officially listed as disappeared in Mexico, families are turning to social media to distribute photographs of missing relatives, coordinate search efforts, and raise awareness. The newsletter also includes a section called "We can still have nice things" that shares fun and comforting content.
Key takeaways:
- Researchers are using artificial intelligence to help understand the origins of life, hoping to devise a universal theory that applies not just on Earth but on any other world.
- Facebook built its business around artificial intelligence, with the company looking beyond the crude system to recommend content based on machine learning and user behavior.
- Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, discusses the future of AI and the hard problems that lie ahead for the field in her newly published memoir.
- The mothers of Mexico's missing are using social media to search for mass graves, distributing photographs of missing relatives, coordinating search efforts, and raising awareness of the problem.