The Download: Anduril’s new AI system, and how to use Sora

December 10, 2024
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. We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war —James O’Donnell One afternoon in late November, I visited a weapons test site in the foothills east of San…

AI’s hype and antitrust problem is coming under scrutiny

December 10, 2024
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. The AI sector is plagued by a lack of competition and a lot of deceit—or at least that’s one way to interpret the latest flurry of actions taken in Washington.  Last…

We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war

December 10, 2024
One afternoon in late November, I visited a weapons test site in the foothills east of San Clemente, California operated by Anduril, a maker of AI-powered drones and missiles that recently announced a partnership with OpenAI. I went there to witness a new system it’s expanding today, which allows external parties to tap into its…