February 6, 2025

The Download: AI companion dangers, and supersonic planes

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has been talking to an AI girlfriend, “Erin,” on…

July 2023

Twitter is prepping a job listings feature for verified organizations

July 20, 2023
Twitter appears to be prepping a feature that allows verified organizations on the platform to post job listings on their profiles. The social media giant has also created an official @TwitterHiring account, but hasn’t tweeted anything from it yet. Although Twitter hasn’t officially announced the job postings feature yet, some verified organizations have already been […]

Few Americans think NASA’s top priority should be sending humans to the moon or Mars

July 20, 2023
The majority of Americans think it is “essential” that the U.S. remain a global leader in space, but that private markets won’t ensure enough progress on their own, according to new polling data from Pew Research Center.. Pew asked over 10,000 American adults about their attitudes towards commercial space, NASA, the global space race, and […]