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How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism Widespread distrust of our public health system is reviving long-debunked ideas on HIV and AIDS—and energizing a broad movement that questions the foundations of disease prevention. Read more → AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes The Turing Award winner believes the only way to guarantee safety is to use AI, not humans, to check other AI systems. Read more → We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’ The allure of AI companions is hard to resist. Here’s how innovation in regulation can help protect people. Read more → Hydrogen bikes are struggling to gain traction in China Over a dozen Chinese cities are experimenting with hydrogen-powered shared bikes, partly because of safety concerns around lithium-ion batteries. Read more → OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT bot that you can talk to The voice-enabled chatbot will be available to a small group of people today, and to all ChatGPT Plus users in the fall.  Read more → Catch up on the stories readers are talking about: Why investors care about climate tech’s green premium   Google is finally taking action to curb non-consensual deepfakes   The race to clean up heavy-duty trucks   What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation   An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary From gaming to sports, discover how AI is changing the way we play. Subscribe to read every story from our latest July/August issue.

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