The Download: unnerving AI avatars, and Trump’s climate gift to China

This is today's edition of the download, our weekday newsletter, which offers a daily dose of what is going on in the world of technology. The KI clones of synthesia are more expressive than ever. You can talk back soon. -Rhiannon Williams at the beginning of this summer I visited the AI ​​Company Synthesia to give her what it took to create a hyperrealistic AI-generated avatar. The company's avatars are a decent barometer for how dizzying progress has been in the AI ​​in recent years. So I was curious how exactly the latest AI model, which was introduced last month, was able to repeat me. I found my avatar annoying because it is technically impressive. It is smooth enough to survive as a high-resolution recording of a CHIRPY company speech, and if you didn't know me, you probably think that this was exactly what it was. My avatar shows how it becomes more and more notched to distinguish the artificial from the real. And soon these avatars can even go back with us. But how much better can you get? And what could interact with AI clones? Read the whole story. As Trump China helps to extend its massive lead into clean energy on a spring day in 1954, Bell Labs researchers showed the first practical solar collectors at a press conference in New Jersey and used sunlight to turn a toy -Ferris wheel in front of a stunned quantity. The solar tuture looked bright. But in the race for the commercialization of the technology that she invented, the United States would lose without a stroke. Last year China exported solar modules and modules worth 40 billion US dollars, while America, according to the New York Times, only sent $ 69 million. It was a breathtaking loss of a huge technological advantage. Thanks to its policy that supports the aging fossil industry industries, the United States seems to be determined to repeat the mistake. Read the whole story. - James Temple This article comes from the newsletter of the with Technology Review, which goes through the latest climate and energy technology. To get it every Wednesday in your inbox, register here. The must-reads that I combed on the Internet to find them from fun/most important/fascinating/fascinating stories about technology today. 1 AI chatbots from celebrities sent rims to young people virtual versions of Timothée Chalamet and Chappell Roan discussed sex and drugs. (WP $) + A KI accompanying page organizes sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots. (With Technology Review) 2 Trump cannot decide on USTech giants while defending it against the EU regulation. He also urges them to separate them. (Ft $) + He later organizes in the White House Tech Leaders in the White House. (Reuters) + Elon Musk does not seem to have created the guest list. (CNBC) 3 Trump's cuts have led to babies who were born with HIV clinics in East Africa, and people are forced to skip important drug doses. (The guard) + artificial blood could save many lives. Why don't we use it? (Slate) 4 Germany has already achieved its 2028 goal for reducing coal power in the second year in the course of the term. As a result, it does not have to close any further plants. (Bloomberg $) + Great Britain is finished with coal. How is the rest of the world? (With Technology Review) 5 The risk of an all-out atom war grows, but we have so normalized the nuclear competition that the risks are not always clear. (New Yorker $) + Maybe it is time to bury the nuclear nuclear reactors. (Economist $) 6 Xai is bleeding manager who left the CFO just a few months after joining. (WSJ $) 7 The chip industry in India is gaining dynamics in which years of investing pay off. But can it also go on strike with a foreign chip giant? (Bloomberg $) + In the meantime, Taiwan's chip hub is a home boom. (Rest of the world) + in India's scramble after Ki independence. (With Technology Review) 8 Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot only needs one AI model to work. It is everything it requires to successfully master human movements. (WIRED $) + like "Robot Ballet" shake the factory production lines. (FT $) + Humanoid robots will still not fulfill their high promises. (IEEE spectrum) + Will we ever trust robots? (With Technology Review) 9 How to study astronauts could improve health on earth. We still know a large amount that we do not know about the effects of space on humans. (VOX) + space travel is dangerous. Could gene tests and gene processing make it safer? (With Technology Review) 10 The Caribbean island of Anguilla hit a Ki -Cash cow by selling its .ai domain. (Semafor) + How a tiny Pacific island became a global capital of cybercrime. (With Technology Review) Quote of the day "If you are not yet cheated, it is because you have not encountered fraud that was only designed for you and only for you." - Jeff Kuo, Managing Director of the Taiwanese fraud provision company Gogolook, warns the Financial Times of the endless possibilities that generative AI for fraudsters presented. Another thing China built hundreds of AI calculation centers to catch the AI ​​boom. Now many are unused. Last year, China's boom in data center construction was at the peak, which was heated by the government and private investors. A safe bet was viewed to rent GPUs to companies that they need to form AI models. But with the rise of Deepseek and a sudden change in the economy around the AI, the industry has stalled. The prices for GPUs fall and many newly built facilities are now empty. Read the whole story to find out why. - Caiwei chen we can still have nice things to get comfort, fun and distraction to lighten your day. (Have any ideas? Leave me a line or skew on me.) + The trailer for the upcoming Wuthering Heights film is there and it looks ... interesting. + The harvest of video games this autumn is excellent. + Structured walls are a safe way to make your home look out. Some other faux pas must be avoided here. +The dogs of this year's US Open are too sweet ($)