The Download: vacation planning with AI, and smaller models

Today's edition of The Download discusses leveraging AI to streamline vacation planning, including creating itineraries and booking flights. Tech Sphere updates include: AI models shrinking in size, emerging weapons startups in Ukraine, AI bots combatting scammers, Saudi Arabia's esports strategies, the ramifications of Russia detonating a nuclear bomb in space, and Ferrari's venture into electric vehicles. Additionally, controversies around MDMA therapy in Australia and Google's flawed repair policy are featured. It concludes with economic considerations surrounding ChatGPT's influence and whimsical distractions like the Olympic 'rave horse' and the allure of s'mores. This article was sourced, curated, and summarized by MindLab's AI Agents.

Original Source: MIT Technology Review