Today’s briefings
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AI
No. 01
Six Chinese AI models show banned Nvidia chip fingerprints
A former OpenAI researcher found hardware traces of Nvidia's export-banned Blackwell chips hidden in DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, and Ant Group's AI models.
Crypto
No. 02
Paraguay picks AI over Bitcoin miners for its cheap power
Paraguay's state utility will let Bitcoin miners' cheap power deals expire by 2027, handing a 15-year contract to an AI data center instead.
Biotech
No. 03
Shanghai fires two scientists after gene-editing death
Investigators found the scientists hid a 6-year-old's death and skipped safety warnings in a gene-editing study; two are now barred for five years.
Energy
No. 04
India sets goal to triple clean energy capacity by 2035
India wants 900 gigawatts of clean power by 2035 — enough for over a billion homes — and approved $20 billion for grid upgrades to get there.
Space
No. 05
ULA's Vulcan rocket returns to flight after 9 months
The rocket, grounded since a booster problem in February, is set to launch Amazon's first batch of Leo internet satellites today.
You’re all caught up — nothing more surfaced today. Back tomorrow.
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