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The Download: sycophantic LLMs, and the AI Hype Index

Rhiannon Williams

created: May 30, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: June 5, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

(WSJ $)+ Palmer Luckey wants to turn “warfighters into technomancers.” (TechCrunch)+ Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg have buried the hatchet, then. (MIT Technology Review)2 A new Texas law requires app stores to verify users’ agesIt’s following in Utah’s footsteps, which passed a similar bill in March. (MIT Technology Review)4 NASA’s ambitions of a 2027 moon landing are looking less likelyIt needs SpaceX’s Starship, which keeps blowing up. (404 Media)6 Google AI Overviews doesn’t know what year it isA year after its introduction, the feature is still making obvious mistakes. (MIT Technology Review)9 AI-generated videos are becoming way more realisticBut not when it comes to depicting gymnastics.

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