Starship, AI Swarm, & Legal Battles

Starship 5’s Epic Descent: A Marvel of Engineering

Starship launched and nailed its descent into the tower, where the rocket was caught with absolute precision—an awe-inspiring feat of human innovation and engineering at its finest.

1/ OpenAI Swarm: The Future of Multi-Agent AI

Sam just dropped Swarm, an open-source framework for coordinating AI agents. It’s a game-changer for AI collaboration and automation. As AI becomes increasingly agentic, with personal agents handling tasks for everyone, frameworks like this will be the backbone of that future. Although still in its experimental phase, expect Swarm to rise in prominence as this new frontier takes off.

2/ AI Uncovers 70,000+ New Viruses: A Biological Breakthrough

Researchers have tapped into the power of AI to discover 70,500 new RNA viruses, a stunning leap in metagenomics. By sampling every genome in their environment—essentially the “dark matter” of RNA viruses—scientists like computational biologist Artem Babain believe we’re only scratching the surface of a “bottomless pit” of viral discoveries, all thanks to AI.

3/ NYT vs. Perplexity AI: The Latest Copyright Battle

The New York Times, a publication whose credibility has taken a serious hit in recent years, just hit Perplexity AI with a cease and desist, claiming copyright infringement. Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, is the latest target in the NYT’s ongoing legal crusade, following lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft. The battle over who owns the content AI uses is just heating up.