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. LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1…
Award-winning non-fiction writer, “The New Yorker” staffer, and dog owner Susan Orlean talks about her creation process, her new memoir “Joy Ride,” and what it is like to be portrayed as a murderous criminal in a Nicolas Cage movie.
A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He’s suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.