Good morning 👋 Turning mercury into gold used to be impossible, dangerous, or just plain stupid. Now, a San Francisco startup thinks it’s cracked alchemy’s greatest mystery. Marathon Fusion claims it can turn a specific mercury isotope into gold and crank out thousands of pounds of it a year without losing energy. One tiny catch: your gold stays radioactive for decades.
🛜 WiFi signals can ID you and track your movements. Researchers in Rome created a system called “WhoFi” that uses WiFi to recognize specific people and track their exact location with 95%+ accuracy. It uses standard off the shelf gear and can see through walls without cameras. Here’s a new startup idea: WiFi-blocking streetwear.
🐝 Amazon bought an AI wearable that listens and records everything. Called Bee, it’s a Fitbit-style wristband that sends every word you say to the cloud – even the private stuff. Then it uses AI to turn your daily chatter into searchable text and instant to-do lists. Throw off those shackles of privacy and say hello to personalized ads based on your deepest secrets.
🏛️ AI is decoding history’s oldest puzzles. Google DeepMind’s new system, Aeneas, helps historians decipher ancient Latin inscriptions carved into stone, filling in missing text and providing context. Trained on thousands of real inscriptions, it quickly identifies when and where writings originated, turning weeks of research into seconds. Thousands of years later, Rome’s legacy is AI training data.
🇨🇳 Selling AI chips to China is a huge mistake. Experts say China still depends heavily on American made AI chips. The Nvidia chip trade deal gives away America’s biggest strategic advantage. Nvidia argues they’re only selling their 4th best chip, yet critics say the H20 chips will help China rapidly advance their AI models. Once trained, upgrading to Nvidia’s fastest chips through the black market will be easier than ordering takeout.
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⭐ What’s really happening with OpenAI’s Stargate project? In January they announced a massive $500 billion plan to build AI infrastructure with SoftBank, starting with a 800 MW data center in Texas. That deal hasn’t made much progress. Now, they’ve inked another one with Oracle for 4.5 GW of data center capacity. Limitless AI might be coming soon – just as soon as someone figures out limitless electricity.
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— Haider. (@haider1) July 22, 2025
I'm very interested in what it would mean to give everyone on Earth a free copy of GPT-5, running continuously for them
Some economies will transform very quickly and run everything on AI at 1/100th the cost pic.twitter.com/rUvIdB1AaT
🌎 Sam Altman wants to give every human on earth a copy of GPT-5… for free. Running nonstop 24/7.
Is this AI for all? or how dystopia begins?