The Obtain: offshore rocket launches, and the way DOGE plans to make use of AI

2 We’re making an attempt to get AI to run earlier than it will possibly stroll
AI brokers aren’t actually prepared but. However the logic of competitors means they’re being unleashed anyway. (Vox $)
+ Lots of people will attempt utilizing AI brokers for the primary time this 12 months. (IEEE Spectrum)
+ Anthropic’s chief scientist on 4 methods brokers will probably be even higher in 2025. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
3 TikTok is again on Apple and Google app shops within the US
After an almost month-long standoff since a regulation banning the app took impact. (NPR)
4 Anthropic is on the point of launch a brand new AI mannequin
It’s utilizing a special strategy to others, combining the power to cause and execute less complicated duties in a single go. (The Data $)
+ Why OpenAI’s reasoning mannequin is such an enormous deal. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
5 The DOGE web site has been defaced
As a result of, fairly than utilizing authorities servers, it pulls from an insecure database that anybody can edit. (The Verge)
+ The DOGE workforce is heading to NASA subsequent. (Enterprise Insider $)
+ DOGE staffers would possibly want a crash course in COBOL. (Quick Firm)
6 It’s solely a matter of time till there’s a Starlink disaster
Scientists warn we’re not doing sufficient to mitigate collisions or environmental points. (CNET)
+ Bolivians are illegally smuggling in Starlink. (Remainder of World)
+ How Antarctica’s historical past of isolation is ending—because of Starlink. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
7 Apple is mysteriously teasing a brand new product
We’ll discover out what it’s subsequent Wednesday. (Engadget)
8 You possibly can not evaluate the Gulf of America on Google Maps
Apparently Google can’t deal with even a tiny little bit of criticism. (BBC)
9 How a pc that ‘drunk dials’ movies is exposing YouTube’s secrets and techniques
It’s 20 years previous, and utilized by over a 3rd of the world, however we all know remarkably little about it. (BBC Future)
10 Generate some AI music in your lover this Valentine’s Day 🎵😘
No expertise wanted. (The Dialog $)
Quote of the day
“I would like you to shush your mouth.”
—Certainly one of many bonkers issues Elon Musk’s 4-year-old baby named X Æ A-Xii appears to have stated to President Trump throughout their look within the Oval Workplace this week, Gizmodo stories.