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The Download: an AI agent’s hit piece, and preventing lightning
Publisher description: Online harassment is entering its AI era Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library he helps manage. Then things…
MIT Technology Review | Mar 5, 2026 | Thomas Macaulay
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2 The White House is considering forcing US manufacturers to make munitionsIt could invoke the Defense Production Act amid concerns that war with Iran will diminish stockpiles. (NBC News)+ Tech companies with operations in the Middle East have been thrown into chaos. (BBC) 3 A new lawsuit claims Google Gemini encouraged a man to take his own lifeThis seems to bear a striking similarity to some other AI-induced tragedies. (WSJ $)+ Why AI should be able to “hang up” on you.
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