{"id":84132,"date":"2026-04-17T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/the-download-bad-news-for-inner-neanderthals-and-ai-warfares-human-illusion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:15:21","slug":"the-download-bad-news-for-inner-neanderthals-and-ai-warfares-human-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/th\/the-download-bad-news-for-inner-neanderthals-and-ai-warfares-human-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: bad news for inner Neanderthals, and AI warfare\u2019s human illusion"},"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 problem with thinking you\u2019re part Neanderthal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s a theory that many of us have an \u201cinner Neanderthal.\u201d The idea is that Homo sapiens and a cousin species once bred, leaving some people today with a trace of Neanderthal DNA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This DNA is arguably the 21st century\u2019s most celebrated discovery in human evolution. But in 2024, a pair of French geneticists called into question the theory\u2019s very foundations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They proposed that what scientists interpret as interbreeding could instead be explained by population structure\u2014the way genes concentrate in smaller, isolated groups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/04\/14\/1135169\/problem-thinking-part-neanderthal-human-evolution\/?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 it all means for human evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Ben Crair<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>This story is from the next issue of our print magazine, which is all about nature. <\/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 read it when it lands on Wednesday, April 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why having \u201chumans in the loop\u201d in an AI war is an illusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u2014Uri Maoz<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AI is starting to shape real wars. It\u2019s at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon, playing a growing role in the conflict with Iran, and raising questions about how much humans should remain \u201cin the loop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under Pentagon guidelines, human oversight is meant to provide accountability, context, and security. But the idea of \u201chumans in the loop\u201d is a comforting distraction.<\/p>\n<p>The real danger isn\u2019t that machines will act without oversight; it\u2019s that human overseers have no idea what the machines are actually \u201cthinking.\u201d Thankfully, science may offer a way forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/04\/16\/1136029\/humans-in-the-loop-ai-war-illusion\/?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 the urgent need for new safeguards around AI warfare<\/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 Despite blacklisting Anthropic, the White House wants its new model<br \/><\/strong>Trump officials are negotiating access to Mythos. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/16\/white-house-anthropic-ai-mythos-government-national-security\">Axios<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Anthropic said it was too dangerous for a public release.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-04-16\/how-anthropic-discovered-mythos-ai-was-too-dangerous-for-release?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NjM1ODc5NCwiZXhwIjoxNzc2OTYzNTk0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUREs4WEtLSVAzUFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQzU5RkM5NjZDRTU0N0QwOTc1RkRBNTFBRTY1N0ZENyJ9.ILwCqob0LStEldkUtV0IWwNdBVhvUGkxKXwR8Nm5diw&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">Bloomberg<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Finance ministers are alarmed about the security risks.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c2ev24yx4rmo\">BBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ <\/em><em>Anthropic<\/em> just rolled out a model that\u2019s less risky than Mythos. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/16\/anthropic-claude-opus-4-7-model-mythos.html\">CNBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ The Pentagon has pursued a culture war against the company.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/03\/30\/1134881\/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired\/?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>2 Sam Altman\u2019s side hustles have raised conflict-of-interest concerns<br \/><\/strong>His opaque investments could influence decisions at OpenAI. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/chatgpt-openai-ipo-altman-029ae6d5?mod=tech_lead_story\">WSJ<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ A jury will soon decide if OpenAI abandoned its founding mission.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/musk-v-altman-trial-openai-xai\/\">Wired<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ The company is making a big play for science.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/26\/1131728\/inside-openais-big-play-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*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 A Starlink outage during drone tests exposed the Pentagon\u2019s SpaceX reliance<br \/><\/strong>It was one of several Navy test disruptions linked to Starlink. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/starlink-outage-hit-drone-tests-exposing-pentagons-growing-reliance-spacex-2026-04-16\/\">Reuters<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ The DoD is also tapping Ford and GM for military innovations.<\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/16\/business\/pentagon-ford-general-motors-defense-production.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4 Data center delays threaten to choke AI expansion<br \/>40% of this year\u2019s projects are at risk of falling behind schedule. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/f2bae708-f5c3-49b0-99c0-e4a11552427b\">FT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Partly because no one wants a data center in their backyard. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/14\/1131253\/data-centers-are-amazing-everyone-hates-them\/\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5 Alibaba just released its own version of a world model<br \/>Happy Oyster is the latest attempt to extend AI\u2019s ability to comprehend physical reality. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3350351\/chinese-tech-giants-ai-godmother-li-fei-fei-race-seize-edge-world-models\">SCMP<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ But they still need to understand cause and effect<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5e8a8567-fcc4-4863-8473-4a5964f93acb\">FT<\/a> $)<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 Google\u2019s Gemini is now generating AI images tailored to personal data<br \/>By analyzing users\u2019 Google services and data. (<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/google-gemini-personalized-ai-image-generation-photos-041626\">Quartz<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Google says it will cut the need for detailed prompts. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/16\/google-adds-nano-banana-powered-image-generation-to-geminis-personal-intelligence\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>) <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7 OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system<br \/>Its Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/913034\/openai-codex-updates-use-macos\">The Verge<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ But not everyone is convinced about AI coding.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/12\/15\/1128352\/rise-of-ai-coding-developers-2026\/?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 Europe\u2019s online age verification app is here<br \/><\/strong>It\u2019s available for free to any company that wants it. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/europes-online-age-verification-app-is-here\/\">Wired<\/a> $)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>9 Smartglasses are giving Korean theaters hope of a K-Pop moment<br \/><\/strong>Their AI-powered translations are taking the shows to the world. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/17\/arts\/korean-theater-ai-glasses-translation.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Global voice actors are fighting Hollywood\u2019s AI push<br \/><\/strong>Their voices are training the models that are replacing them. (<a href=\"https:\/\/restofworld.org\/2026\/ai-voice-actors-hollywood-dubbing\/\">Rest of World<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s this dark period between now and some time in the future where the advantage is very much offensive AI.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-04-16\/how-anthropic-discovered-mythos-ai-was-too-dangerous-for-release?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NjM1ODc5NCwiZXhwIjoxNzc2OTYzNTk0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUREs4WEtLSVAzUFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQzU5RkM5NjZDRTU0N0QwOTc1RkRBNTFBRTY1N0ZENyJ9.ILwCqob0LStEldkUtV0IWwNdBVhvUGkxKXwR8Nm5diw&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">Bloomberg<\/a> how AI is creating new hacking threats.<\/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=\"2128\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UrbanMining_DB_35_Reduced2-extend-e1702506352894.webp?w=2128\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1136113\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-credit\">COURTESY OF NOVEON MAGNETICS<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>The race to produce rare earth elements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Access to rare earth elements will determine which countries meet their goals for lowering emissions or generating energy from non-fossil-fuel sources. But some nations, including the US, are worried about the supply of these elements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China dominates the market, while extraction in the US is limited. As a result, scientists and companies are exploring unconventional sources. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2024\/01\/05\/1084791\/rare-earth-materials-clean-energy\/?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 story on their search for critical minerals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><em>\u2014Mureji Fatunde<\/em><\/p>\n<p><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>.)<br \/><\/em><br \/>+ This<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bQE9ROEkQSQ\"> ska cover<\/a> of Rage Against the Machine is an upbeat way to start a revolution.<br \/>+ We finally know how far Stretch Armstrong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTdXFx9ituA\/\">can really stretch<\/a>.<br \/>+ <a href=\"https:\/\/asoftmurmur.com\/\">Customize these ambient sounds<\/a> to wash away disruptive thoughts.<br \/>+ Here\u2019s proof childhood dreams can come true: a girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DW3szl2kUsq\/\">guiding a seal<\/a> to perform tricks.\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. The problem with thinking you\u2019re part Neanderthal There\u2019s a theory that many of us have an \u201cinner Neanderthal.\u201d The idea is that Homo sapiens and a cousin species once bred, leaving some people today with a trace of Neanderthal DNA.\u00a0 This DNA is arguably the 21st century\u2019s most celebrated discovery in human evolution. But in 2024, a pair of French geneticists called into question the theory\u2019s very foundations.\u00a0 They proposed that what scientists interpret as interbreeding could instead be explained by population structure\u2014the way genes concentrate in smaller, isolated groups. Find out what it all means for human evolution. \u2014Ben Crair This story is from the next issue of our print magazine, which is all about nature. Subscribe now to read it when it lands on Wednesday, April 22. Why having \u201chumans in the loop\u201d in an AI war is an illusion \u2014Uri Maoz AI is starting to shape real wars. It\u2019s at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon, playing a growing role in the conflict with Iran, and raising questions about how much humans should remain \u201cin the loop.\u201d Under Pentagon guidelines, human oversight is meant to provide accountability, context, and security. But the idea of \u201chumans in the loop\u201d is a comforting distraction. The real danger isn\u2019t that machines will act without oversight; it\u2019s that human overseers have no idea what the machines are actually \u201cthinking.\u201d Thankfully, science may offer a way forward. Read the full op-ed on the urgent need for new safeguards around AI warfare. The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Despite blacklisting Anthropic, the White House wants its new modelTrump officials are negotiating access to Mythos. (Axios)+ Anthropic said it was too dangerous for a public release. (Bloomberg $)+ Finance ministers are alarmed about the security risks. (BBC)+ Anthropic just rolled out a model that\u2019s less risky than Mythos. (CNBC)+ The Pentagon has pursued a culture war against the company. (MIT Technology Review) 2 Sam Altman\u2019s side hustles have raised conflict-of-interest concernsHis opaque investments could influence decisions at OpenAI. (WSJ $)+ A jury will soon decide if OpenAI abandoned its founding mission. (Wired $)+ The company is making a big play for science. (MIT Technology Review) 3 A Starlink outage during drone tests exposed the Pentagon\u2019s SpaceX relianceIt was one of several Navy test disruptions linked to Starlink. (Reuters $)+ The DoD is also tapping Ford and GM for military innovations.(NYT $) 4 Data center delays threaten to choke AI expansion40% of this year\u2019s projects are at risk of falling behind schedule. (FT $)+ Partly because no one wants a data center in their backyard. (MIT Technology Review) 5 Alibaba just released its own version of a world modelHappy Oyster is the latest attempt to extend AI\u2019s ability to comprehend physical reality. (SCMP)+ But they still need to understand cause and effect. (FT $) 6 Google\u2019s Gemini is now generating AI images tailored to personal dataBy analyzing users\u2019 Google services and data. (Quartz)+ Google says it will cut the need for detailed prompts. (TechCrunch) 7 OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development systemIts Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code. (The Verge)+ But not everyone is convinced about AI coding. (MIT Technology Review) 8 Europe\u2019s online age verification app is hereIt\u2019s available for free to any company that wants it. (Wired $)\u00a0 9 Smartglasses are giving Korean theaters hope of a K-Pop momentTheir AI-powered translations are taking the shows to the world. (NYT $) 10 Global voice actors are fighting Hollywood\u2019s AI pushTheir voices are training the models that are replacing them. (Rest of World) Quote of the day \u201cThere\u2019s this dark period between now and some time in the future where the advantage is very much offensive AI.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, tells Bloomberg how AI is creating new hacking threats. One More Thing COURTESY OF NOVEON MAGNETICS The race to produce rare earth elements Access to rare earth elements will determine which countries meet their goals for lowering emissions or generating energy from non-fossil-fuel sources. But some nations, including the US, are worried about the supply of these elements.\u00a0 China dominates the market, while extraction in the US is limited. As a result, scientists and companies are exploring unconventional sources. Read the full story on their search for critical minerals. \u2014Mureji Fatunde 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.)+ This ska cover of Rage Against the Machine is an upbeat way to start a revolution.+ We finally know how far Stretch Armstrong can really stretch.+ Customize these ambient sounds to wash away disruptive thoughts.+ Here\u2019s proof childhood dreams can come true: a girl guiding a seal to perform tricks.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84133,"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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