The Download: everyday AI harms and the race to nuclear spaceflight

Summary

This edition of The Download is a newsletter digest that includes an opinion piece by Sam Hiner and Emma Leiken arguing that AI safety efforts focus too narrowly on catastrophic harms and ignore everyday damage, such as teens relying on AI companions for serious conversations. It also covers NASA's plan to fly Space Reactor-1 Freedom, a nuclear-powered spacecraft, to Mars by the end of 2028 at a reported $2 billion cost.

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