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The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims

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MIT Technology Review - Ai Research Title: The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims Date: 2026-02-26 13:10 Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/26/1133734/the-download-how-america-lost-its-lead-in-the-hunt-for-alien-life-and-ambitious-battery-claims/ <…
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  • China's Mars sample return mission is leaner than America and Europe's mission, and the rock samples it will snatch will likely not be as high quality

    80% confidence
  • ChatGPT refused to help Chinese law enforcement plan an online smear campaign against Japan's prime minister

    80% confidence
  • America has effectively ceded its pole position to China in the race to find evidence of alien life

    80% confidence
  • Conductor is using carrots and sticks to enforce AI literacy among workers

    80% confidence
  • Those specks on Mars rock are not definitive proof of alien life, but they are the best hint yet that life may not be a one-off event in the cosmos

    80% confidence
  • Donut Lab's solid-state batteries can charge super-fast, have high energy density for ultra-long-range EVs, operate safely in extreme temperatures, contain green and abundant materials, and cost less than lithium-ion batteries

    80% confidence

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