{"id":100737,"date":"2026-06-29T18:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/the-download-metric-weaknesses-and-ai-elephant-warnings\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:38:43","slug":"the-download-metric-weaknesses-and-ai-elephant-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/fr\/the-download-metric-weaknesses-and-ai-elephant-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is today\u2019s edition of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.technologyreview.com\/newsletters\/briefing-the-download\/?_ga=2.179569122.736533416.1649661040-405833893.1649413289\"><em>The Download<\/em><\/a>,<em> our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what\u2019s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The inevitable weakness of metrics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can obscure or corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of people bitten by the self-quantifying bug, I started gathering personal data to pursue a nebulous collection of goals and desires. I wanted to feel better physically and emotionally, get outside more, and bring order to the messiness and uncertainty of my daily existence.<\/p>\n<p>But external metrics and data can never capture what\u2019s truly important. Worse, they inevitably redefine your core sense of what\u2019s important, whether you\u2019re aware of the trap or not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/19\/1138778\/inevitable-weakness-metrics-quantified-life-book-review\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Dive into the dangers of quantifying our lives with metrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Bryan Gardiner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>This <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/19\/1138778\/inevitable-weakness-metrics-quantified-life-book-review\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>story<\/strong><\/a><strong> is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/magazines\/the-engineering-issue\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">next edition of our magazine<\/a>, which is all about engineering. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/subscribe?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>Subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong> to get a copy when it lands!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elephant alert! AI warning systems aim to avoid deadly clashes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>India is home to about 60% of the world\u2019s wild Asian elephants, and around 80% of their habitat lies outside protected areas. That brings them into close contact with people, and clashes can turn lethal: there have been some 3,000 human casualties in the last five years and over 1,000 elephant deaths since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In response, state forest departments, NGOs, and locals are designing, testing, and deploying a range of AI systems that cut response and warning times to minutes\u2014or even seconds. They range from wildlife eyes in Maharashtra to infrared drones in Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/23\/1138562\/elephant-alert-ai-warning-systems-avoid-deadly-clashes-india\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Find out how they work in our interactive map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Kanika Gupta<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 The US has allowed Anthropic to release Mythos 5 to \u201ctrusted\u201d orgs<\/strong><br \/>About 100 US companies and federal agencies now have access. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/27\/2026\/us-releases-powerful-anthropic-model-mythos-to-some-us-companies\">Semafor<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ The White House said appropriate safeguards were now in place.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/trump-administration-rolls-back-part-of-anthropic-model-ban-e8284434\">WSJ<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ The US had restricted both models over national security concerns.<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c932g3v3e13o\">BBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Which raised new questions about AI safety.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/22\/1139424\/three-things-to-watch-amid-anthropics-latest-feud-with-the-government\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>2 A Chinese AI model has matched Mythos in finding security bugs<\/strong><br \/>Security researchers say Zhipu AI is poised to reset the AI race. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/chinese-ai-anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-574b02c2?mod=tech_lead_pos5\">WSJ<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ It\u2019s sparked alarm that US restrictions are boosting China\u2019s progress. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/25\/technology\/zai-china-artificial-intelligence-models.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Although it still can\u2019t match Anthropic or OpenAI on general tasks.<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/v\/\">Verge<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ In the AI race, China is eyeing a come-from-behind victory.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/06\/26\/ai-race-china-aims-be-tortoise-with-come-from-behind-win-over-us\/\">WP<\/a> $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>3 Apple is seeking approval to buy chips from a blacklisted Chinese firm<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s lobbying the White House for clearance to buy from ChangXin. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d72a25e2-7bde-4aa9-bd8d-0c4f3d6cb2cb?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">FT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ ChangXin is on a Pentagon list of firms\u00a0with Chinese military ties.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/01\/06\/pentagon-blacklist-china-technology-ev\/\">WP<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Chipmakers are profiting off AI at the expense of everyone else. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/chip-makers-are-profiting-off-ai-at-the-expense-of-just-about-everyone-else-fe893bdd?mod=tech_lead_pos4\">WSJ<\/a> $)<br \/>+ <em>The US is banning imports of more Chinese technology. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-launches-new-chinese-tech-crackdown-will-ban-some-imports-2026-06-26\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ But Chinese tech companies feel optimistic. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/12\/1131193\/ces-showed-me-why-chinese-tech-companies-feel-so-optimistic\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>4. South Korea plans to train its entire military as \u201cdrone warriors\u201d<\/strong><br \/>It wants to train all 500,000 personnel. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-expand-drone-forces-train-500000-operators-ministry-says-2026-06-26\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ And produce 110,000 drones by 2029.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2026\/06\/south-korea-plans-to-train-entire-military-as-drone-warriors\/\">Ars Technica<\/a>)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>5 Google has limited Meta\u2019s use of its Gemini AI models<\/strong><br \/>Meta wanted more compute than Google could provide. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/c5d52f72-71ef-40bc-bad3-61afdba8b378?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">FT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ The cap has disrupted and delayed some Meta AI projects. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-28\/google-caps-meta-s-use-of-gemini-ai-financial-times-reports\">Bloomberg<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 Zuckerberg wants Meta to work with Polymarket and Kalshi<\/strong><br \/>Meta wants its own prediction market, but without real-money bets. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/26\/technology\/zuckerberg-meta-polymarket-kalshi.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ The partnerships could hedge risks and accelerate development.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/zuckerberg-asks-meta-explore-working-with-polymarket-kalshi-nyt-reports-2026-06-26\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>7 Extreme heat is putting already hot data centers under pressure<\/strong><br \/>Severe weather is now the leading cause of loss for data centers. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/29\/ai-data-centers-heatwave-climate-risk-weather.html\">CNBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Heat waves also mess with your brain. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/26\/1139760\/heat-waves-mess-with-your-brain-scientists-are-trying-to-figure-out-why\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Android phones alerted millions moments before Venezuela\u2019s earthquakes<\/strong><br \/>They gave users between seconds and up to two minutes\u2019 notice. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/06\/27\/world\/americas\/venezuela-earthquakes-android-alerts.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">NYT<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9 Scientists think Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy giants we imagined<\/strong><br \/>They may have a magma ocean brewing on the inside. (<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/scientists-think-uranus-and-neptune-may-not-be-the-ice-giants-we-imagined-2000778382\">Gizmodo<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Too much sleep may be as harmful as too little<\/strong><br \/>A new study suggests 6.4\u20137.8 hours is the sweet spot. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/science-and-technology\/2026\/06\/26\/is-too-much-sleep-as-bad-as-too-little\">Economist<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cThis kind of powerful weapon that can alter the landscape of cyberwarfare can\u2019t remain solely in American hands.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014360 Security CEO Zhou Hongyi tells a cybersecurity conference in Beijing why Chinese AI firms need to match the capabilities of their rivals in the US, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/chinese-ai-anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-574b02c2\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1901\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1159500434.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"teenage girls on their phones\" class=\"wp-image-1027142\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-credit\">GETTY<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br \/>Why Generation Z falls for online misinformation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Research shows that young people are more likely to believe and pass on misinformation if they feel a sense of common identity with the person who shared it in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offline, teenagers are likely to draw on the context that their communities provide. Social media, however, promotes credibility based on identity rather than community. And when trust is built on identity, authority shifts to influencers.<\/p>\n<p>As young people participate in more political discussions online, those who have successfully cultivated identity-based credibility could become de facto community leaders, attracting like-minded people and steering the conversation. While that has the potential to empower marginalized groups, it also exacerbates the threat of misinformation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2021\/06\/30\/1026338\/gen-z-online-misinformation\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C\">Find out what we can all learn about how young people evaluate truth online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Jennifer Neda John<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? <\/em><a href=\"mailto:thomas.macaulay@technologyreview.com\"><em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a><em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>+ The Euclid space telescope has captured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201136\/european-space-agency-euclid-captures-the-star-filled-center-of-the-milky-way\/\">the most detailed image yet of the Milky Way<\/a>.<br \/>+ Here\u2019s a lovely, lilting medieval bardcore cover of Daft Punk\u2019s electronic classic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=doFb4uNGfsY&amp;time_continue=4&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fkottke.org%2F\"> Veridis Quo<\/a>.<br \/>+ A toilet plunger becomes an unlikely engineering breakthrough in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycLc5omx9fQ&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">quest to build a better blowgun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is today\u2019s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what\u2019s going on in the world of technology. The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can obscure or corrupt. Like a lot of people bitten by the self-quantifying bug, I started gathering personal data to pursue a nebulous collection of goals and desires. I wanted to feel better physically and emotionally, get outside more, and bring order to the messiness and uncertainty of my daily existence. But external metrics and data can never capture what\u2019s truly important. Worse, they inevitably redefine your core sense of what\u2019s important, whether you\u2019re aware of the trap or not. Dive into the dangers of quantifying our lives with metrics. \u2014Bryan Gardiner This story is from the next edition of our magazine, which is all about engineering. Subscribe now to get a copy when it lands! Elephant alert! AI warning systems aim to avoid deadly clashes India is home to about 60% of the world\u2019s wild Asian elephants, and around 80% of their habitat lies outside protected areas. That brings them into close contact with people, and clashes can turn lethal: there have been some 3,000 human casualties in the last five years and over 1,000 elephant deaths since 2014. In response, state forest departments, NGOs, and locals are designing, testing, and deploying a range of AI systems that cut response and warning times to minutes\u2014or even seconds. They range from wildlife eyes in Maharashtra to infrared drones in Chhattisgarh. Find out how they work in our interactive map. \u2014Kanika Gupta The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US has allowed Anthropic to release Mythos 5 to \u201ctrusted\u201d orgsAbout 100 US companies and federal agencies now have access. (Semafor)+ The White House said appropriate safeguards were now in place. (WSJ $)+ The US had restricted both models over national security concerns. (BBC)+ Which raised new questions about AI safety. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a0\u00a02 A Chinese AI model has matched Mythos in finding security bugsSecurity researchers say Zhipu AI is poised to reset the AI race. (WSJ $)+ It\u2019s sparked alarm that US restrictions are boosting China\u2019s progress. (NYT $)+ Although it still can\u2019t match Anthropic or OpenAI on general tasks. (Verge)+ In the AI race, China is eyeing a come-from-behind victory. (WP $)\u00a03 Apple is seeking approval to buy chips from a blacklisted Chinese firmIt\u2019s lobbying the White House for clearance to buy from ChangXin. (FT $)+ ChangXin is on a Pentagon list of firms\u00a0with Chinese military ties. (WP $)+ Chipmakers are profiting off AI at the expense of everyone else. (WSJ $)+ The US is banning imports of more Chinese technology. (Reuters $)+ But Chinese tech companies feel optimistic. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a04. South Korea plans to train its entire military as \u201cdrone warriors\u201dIt wants to train all 500,000 personnel. (Reuters $)+ And produce 110,000 drones by 2029. (Ars Technica)\u00a05 Google has limited Meta\u2019s use of its Gemini AI modelsMeta wanted more compute than Google could provide. (FT $)+ The cap has disrupted and delayed some Meta AI projects. (Bloomberg $) 6 Zuckerberg wants Meta to work with Polymarket and KalshiMeta wants its own prediction market, but without real-money bets. (NYT $)+ The partnerships could hedge risks and accelerate development. (Reuters $)\u00a07 Extreme heat is putting already hot data centers under pressureSevere weather is now the leading cause of loss for data centers. (CNBC)+ Heat waves also mess with your brain. (MIT Technology Review) 8 Android phones alerted millions moments before Venezuela\u2019s earthquakesThey gave users between seconds and up to two minutes\u2019 notice. (NYT $) 9 Scientists think Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy giants we imaginedThey may have a magma ocean brewing on the inside. (Gizmodo) 10 Too much sleep may be as harmful as too littleA new study suggests 6.4\u20137.8 hours is the sweet spot. (Economist $) Quote of the day \u201cThis kind of powerful weapon that can alter the landscape of cyberwarfare can\u2019t remain solely in American hands.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014360 Security CEO Zhou Hongyi tells a cybersecurity conference in Beijing why Chinese AI firms need to match the capabilities of their rivals in the US, The Wall Street Journal reports. One More Thing GETTY Why Generation Z falls for online misinformation Research shows that young people are more likely to believe and pass on misinformation if they feel a sense of common identity with the person who shared it in the first place.\u00a0 Offline, teenagers are likely to draw on the context that their communities provide. Social media, however, promotes credibility based on identity rather than community. And when trust is built on identity, authority shifts to influencers. As young people participate in more political discussions online, those who have successfully cultivated identity-based credibility could become de facto community leaders, attracting like-minded people and steering the conversation. While that has the potential to empower marginalized groups, it also exacerbates the threat of misinformation. Find out what we can all learn about how young people evaluate truth online. \u2014Jennifer Neda John We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line.) + The Euclid space telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of the Milky Way.+ Here\u2019s a lovely, lilting medieval bardcore cover of Daft Punk\u2019s electronic classic Veridis Quo.+ A toilet plunger becomes an unlikely engineering breakthrough in this quest to build a better 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