{"id":110436,"date":"2026-08-10T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/the-download-ai-agents-for-science-and-the-censorship-industrial-complex\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:43:07","slug":"the-download-ai-agents-for-science-and-the-censorship-industrial-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/th\/the-download-ai-agents-for-science-and-the-censorship-industrial-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: AI agents for science, and the \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d"},"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\">AI for science needs reasoning, not just data<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u2014Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Sciences, and Suhas Mahesh, who leads the AI for science work at the AI Center of Schmidt Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Google DeepMind scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a neural network, AlphaFold, which predicts the structures of proteins. It showed that AI could make groundbreaking scientific discoveries, but AlphaFold may not be the best template for accelerating science. Instead, another approach may hold the key: AI agents.<\/p>\n<p>AlphaFold relied on a dataset of roughly 170,000 experimentally validated protein structures that took 53 years and roughly $21 billion worth of experimental work to assemble. Comparable datasets will be difficult or impossible to create in many fields.<\/p>\n<p>AI agents can instead model the iterative, highly contingent process of actual research. While tools like AlphaFold apply a powerful approach to a limited question, agents are inherently generalists. They do not represent a new way to do science\u2014instead, they digitally model the human process of discovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/08\/10\/1141384\/ai-agents-for-science\/?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*\">Read the full op-ed on how agents could accelerate scientific discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inside the \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d idea shaping US policy<\/h3>\n<p>For years, the idea of a \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d that suppressed conservative and populist speech spread in right-wing circles online. But now, the theory has made its way into the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past nine months, <em>MIT Technology Review <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/08\/07\/1141105\/how-ideas-of-a-vast-censorship-network-moved-from-the-online-fringe-to-trump-policy\/?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*\">investigated its origins and traced its rise<\/a>.\u00a0In a virtual Roundtables session on Thursday, August 13, senior reporter Eileen Guo and executive editor Amy Nordrum will explore what they discovered, where the theory is going, and what it could mean for the future of democracy and the internet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/supertopic\/roundtables\/?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*\">Register here to join the session at 19:00 GMT \/ 2:00 pm ET \/ 11:00 am PT<\/a>.<\/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 A new Amazon data center could become the US\u2019s biggest polluter<br \/><\/strong>The Texas facility has a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/08\/climate\/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ It will be Amazon\u2019s first off-grid AI data center. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.cleanview.co\/p\/scoop-amazon-is-behind-one-of-the\">Cleanview<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ The gas plant will generate up to 7.65 gigawatts of power. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/977124\/amazon-data-center-worst-polluting-power-plant\">Verge<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 OpenAI has paused work on its Astra AI model over security concerns<br \/><\/strong>Tests found it could launch cyber-attacks autonomously. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9b8383b1-a28d-4940-8c4e-2f0cd21556ef?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">FT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Critics warn such disclosures could be designed to spark hype.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/08\/openai-astra-security-concerns\">Guardian<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ AI doesn\u2019t need to be that smart to make online crimes easier.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/02\/12\/1132386\/ai-already-making-online-swindles-easier\/?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>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 North Korean hackers have built AI tools for cyberattacks<\/strong><br \/>A new report says they\u2019re used in spear-phishing campaigns. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/8\/10\/north-koreas-hackers-using-ai-for-attacks-cybersecurity-firm-says\">Al Jazeera<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ They\u2019re attributed to the state-linked group Kimsuky. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/north-korean-hacking-group-builds-ai-tools-cyberattacks-report-says-2026-08-10\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/>+ <em>Which could automate attacks and analyse stolen data. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/north-korea-kimsuky-ai-tools-cyberattacks\">TNW<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 China\u2019s firms control 97% of global humanoid shipments\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Global shipments have more than tripled since last year. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-10\/china-humanoid-makers-hold-97-of-global-shipments-report-says\">Bloomberg<\/a> $)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><em>+ Chinese humanoid manufacturers are racing to public listings.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/what-is-unitree-why-are-chinas-humanoid-robot-makers-racing-list-2026-08-10\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Gig workers are training humanoids at home.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/04\/01\/1134863\/humanoid-data-training-gig-economy-2026-breakthrough-technology\/?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>5 Taiwan has expanded its use of aerial and maritime drones to deter China<\/strong><br \/>The approach draws on lessons from Ukraine\u2019s battlefield. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/09\/world\/asia\/taiwan-drone-china-invasion.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Taiwan\u2019s \u201csilicon shield\u201d could be weakening.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/08\/15\/1121358\/taiwan-silicon-shield-tsmc-china-chip-manufacturing\/?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>6 Apple is testing Chinese memory chips as the supply squeeze bites\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>But any deal with CXMT would be politically sensitive. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/apple-tests-chinese-memory-chips-as-supply-squeeze-bites-d292bb97\">WSJ<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 An Israeli startup is tied to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta<\/strong><br \/>Irregular\u2019s tests allowed the models to access the public internet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/09\/israeli-startup-irregular-linked-to-ai-hacks-openai-anthropic-meta.html\">CNBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 NASA is flying into wildfire storms to understand them<br \/><\/strong>The mission will study their effects on fires and the atmosphere. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/science-and-technology\/2026\/08\/09\/nasa-takes-aim-at-fire-storms\">Economist<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9 A chatbot-free childhood may become a status symbol<br \/><\/strong>AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/2026\/08\/ultra-processed-childhood-ai\/688217\/?utm_source=feed\">Atlantic<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Are chatbots making us lose control of our brains? <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/05\/1138427\/are-ai-chatbots-making-us-lose-control-of-our-brains\/?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>10 MySpace is eyeing a comeback as an \u201cantidote\u201d to social media fatigue\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>But the nostalgic plan looks like a long shot. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4g64152v71o\">BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s the humans that we need to watch out for. AI is just the tool.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington and former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/09\/tech\/ai-cybersecurity-people\">CNN<\/a> that people are still the main threats in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ND25-opensource-169.jpg?fit=2128,1196\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br \/>Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Marcin Jakubowski lives in a house he designed and built himself. He relies on the sun for power, heats his home with a woodstove, and farms his own fish and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Jakubowski is the founder of Open Source Ecology, a collection of 50 machines capable of building civilization from scratch. It includes everything from a tractor to an oven to a circuit maker, all designed to be reconfigured however you see fit.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate goal is a \u201czero marginal cost\u201d society, where producing an additional unit of a good or service costs little to nothing. Jakubowski hopes to get there by eradicating licensing fees, decentralizing manufacturing, and fostering collaboration through education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/10\/16\/1125146\/civilization-start-kit-open-source-essential-machines\/?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\">Take a look inside his starter kit for civilization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Tiffany Ng<\/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>+ A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaGnUJegHUw\/\">rhythmic doggie<\/a> is proving that not only humans can play the drums.<br \/>+ Catch a glimpse of the internet\u2019s future at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwwards.com\/\">the Awwwards<\/a>, the Oscars of web design.<br \/>+ Explore the ocean year-round with <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/\">this immersive experience<\/a> of the Nautilus vessel\u2019s expeditions.<br \/>+ Earth once (or twice) had supermountains. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PUDvZYXxMuQ\">This fascinating video<\/a> explores their links to evolutionary shifts in the history of life.\u00a0<\/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. AI for science needs reasoning, not just data \u2014Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Sciences, and Suhas Mahesh, who leads the AI for science work at the AI Center of Schmidt Sciences In 2024, Google DeepMind scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a neural network, AlphaFold, which predicts the structures of proteins. It showed that AI could make groundbreaking scientific discoveries, but AlphaFold may not be the best template for accelerating science. Instead, another approach may hold the key: AI agents. AlphaFold relied on a dataset of roughly 170,000 experimentally validated protein structures that took 53 years and roughly $21 billion worth of experimental work to assemble. Comparable datasets will be difficult or impossible to create in many fields. AI agents can instead model the iterative, highly contingent process of actual research. While tools like AlphaFold apply a powerful approach to a limited question, agents are inherently generalists. They do not represent a new way to do science\u2014instead, they digitally model the human process of discovery.\u00a0 Read the full op-ed on how agents could accelerate scientific discovery. Inside the \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d idea shaping US policy For years, the idea of a \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d that suppressed conservative and populist speech spread in right-wing circles online. But now, the theory has made its way into the Trump administration. Over the past nine months, MIT Technology Review investigated its origins and traced its rise.\u00a0In a virtual Roundtables session on Thursday, August 13, senior reporter Eileen Guo and executive editor Amy Nordrum will explore what they discovered, where the theory is going, and what it could mean for the future of democracy and the internet. Register here to join the session at 19:00 GMT \/ 2:00 pm ET \/ 11:00 am PT. The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology. 1 A new Amazon data center could become the US\u2019s biggest polluterThe Texas facility has a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2. (NYT $)+ It will be Amazon\u2019s first off-grid AI data center. (Cleanview)+ The gas plant will generate up to 7.65 gigawatts of power. (Verge) 2 OpenAI has paused work on its Astra AI model over security concernsTests found it could launch cyber-attacks autonomously. (FT $)+ Critics warn such disclosures could be designed to spark hype. (Guardian)+ AI doesn\u2019t need to be that smart to make online crimes easier. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a0 3 North Korean hackers have built AI tools for cyberattacksA new report says they\u2019re used in spear-phishing campaigns. (Al Jazeera)+ They\u2019re attributed to the state-linked group Kimsuky. (Reuters $)+ Which could automate attacks and analyse stolen data. (TNW) 4 China\u2019s firms control 97% of global humanoid shipments\u00a0Global shipments have more than tripled since last year. (Bloomberg $)\u00a0+ Chinese humanoid manufacturers are racing to public listings. (Reuters $)+ Gig workers are training humanoids at home. (MIT Technology Review) 5 Taiwan has expanded its use of aerial and maritime drones to deter ChinaThe approach draws on lessons from Ukraine\u2019s battlefield. (NYT $)+ Taiwan\u2019s \u201csilicon shield\u201d could be weakening. (MIT Technology Review) 6 Apple is testing Chinese memory chips as the supply squeeze bites\u00a0But any deal with CXMT would be politically sensitive. (WSJ $) 7 An Israeli startup is tied to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic, and MetaIrregular\u2019s tests allowed the models to access the public internet. (CNBC) 8 NASA is flying into wildfire storms to understand themThe mission will study their effects on fires and the atmosphere. (Economist $) 9 A chatbot-free childhood may become a status symbolAI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains. (Atlantic $)+ Are chatbots making us lose control of our brains? (MIT Technology Review) 10 MySpace is eyeing a comeback as an \u201cantidote\u201d to social media fatigue\u00a0But the nostalgic plan looks like a long shot. (BBC) Quote of the day \u201cIt\u2019s the humans that we need to watch out for. AI is just the tool.\u201d \u2014Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington and former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, tells CNN that people are still the main threats in cybersecurity. One More Thing Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization Marcin Jakubowski lives in a house he designed and built himself. He relies on the sun for power, heats his home with a woodstove, and farms his own fish and vegetables. Jakubowski is the founder of Open Source Ecology, a collection of 50 machines capable of building civilization from scratch. It includes everything from a tractor to an oven to a circuit maker, all designed to be reconfigured however you see fit. The ultimate goal is a \u201czero marginal cost\u201d society, where producing an additional unit of a good or service costs little to nothing. Jakubowski hopes to get there by eradicating licensing fees, decentralizing manufacturing, and fostering collaboration through education. Take a look inside his starter kit for civilization. \u2014Tiffany Ng 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.) + A rhythmic doggie is proving that not only humans can play the drums.+ Catch a glimpse of the internet\u2019s future at the Awwwards, the Oscars of web design.+ Explore the ocean year-round with this immersive experience of the Nautilus vessel\u2019s expeditions.+ Earth once (or twice) had supermountains. This fascinating video explores their links to evolutionary shifts in the history of life.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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