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The Download: weight-loss drugs slowing aging and carbon dioxide batteries
Plus: OpenAI has released 377 new math findings, further rattling the field.
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October 7, 2026
This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Weight-loss drugs show signs of slowing biological aging, say drugmakers
Popular weight-loss drugs may do more than help people shed pounds. They might also slow the aging process.
Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk say patients taking their GLP-1 drugs age less quickly, according to molecular “aging clocks” that track changes in DNA or levels of key proteins.
The findings add to speculation that GLP-1 drugs could be acting on basic causes of aging and might be true longevity treatments. But how much can we read into these results?
Read the full story on what the new findings reveal about GLP-1 drugs and aging .
—Antonio Regalado
10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Energy Dome and its carbon dioxide batteries
Energy Dome is one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch 2026 , available exclusively to subscribers .
Solar and wind are among the cheapest and quickest ways to add electricity to the grid. But they’re subject to variations in weather patterns, so supplies can be intermittent. Energy Dome has an unusual solution: massive batteries that use compressed carbon dioxide to store energy for when the grid needs it.
Compressing gas to store energy isn’t new. Utilities have used compressed air in underground caverns to hang on to reserves for decades. But Energy Dome’s approach doesn’t require any specific geology to work, so it could be more easily scaled to help grids around the world.
Here’s how the company is using carbon dioxide to store renewable energy .
—Casey Crownhart
Subscribers can now access the full 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch , spanning everything from mobile flood barriers and electric buses to next-generation nuclear reactors.
MIT Technology Review Narrated: Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
—Thore Graepel, a core member of DeepMind’s AlphaGo team
Ten years ago, I watched a program I helped build stun the world by beating Go champion Lee Sedol. AlphaGo won after making a move so strange that some commentators thought it was a programming glitch. It was AlphaGo’s powers of reasoning that made this creative choice—and these are powers that today’s AI lacks.
This is why I recently left my position at Google DeepMind. I believe we need a fresh approach to machine reasoning, one that draws on AlphaGo’s architecture .
This is our latest story to become an MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we publish each week on Spotify and Apple Podcasts . Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it’s released.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 OpenAI 发布了 377 项新的数学研究成果,进一步搅动该领域。这些成果涵盖数论、代数、几何和物理。(NYT $)+ 这些成果来自对一款未发布的 OpenAI 模型的测试。(Verge)+ 相比之前的数学突破,成本大幅降低。(SciAm)+ OpenAI 还发布了一篇对其方法的详细辩护。(Gizmodo)+ 人工智能已使数学发展面临十字路口。(MIT Technology Review)
2 Mistral 宣称其新的开源模型是除中国以外最好的 Mistral Large 4 是一个拥有 1000 亿参数的模型。(Reuters $)+ 也被称为 le Chonk,其权重将于 10 月 27 日发布。(CNBC)+ 法国总统马克龙将其描述为“人工智能的第三条道路”。(TechCrunch)
3 芬兰已下令要求谷歌暂停一项创纪录的数据中心项目 该命令源于对环境影响的担忧。(Guardian)+ 这个价值 130 亿欧元的项目是谷歌在欧洲最大的投资。(BBC)+ 但没有人想在自家后院建数据中心。(MIT Technology Review)
4 欧盟计划通过一项新的企业税来对科技巨头征税 该税适用于收入超过 1 亿欧元的企业。(FT $)+ 特斯拉正推动欧盟批准“完全自动驾驶”。(Reuters $)
5 Anduril 与海军价值 29 亿美元的潜艇交易引发了伦理担忧 共同创始人帕尔默·卢克伊最近加入了新的五角大楼项目。(CNBC)+ Anduril 还为军事用途制造智能眼镜。(MIT Technology Review)
6 苹果正与 LG 合作开发智能锁、恒温器和门铃 苹果新的智能家居中枢预计下周发布。(Bloomberg $)+ 这两家公司还在共同开发安防摄像头。(TechCrunch)
7 一位空间粒子观测站的创建者获得了物理学诺贝尔奖 弗朗西斯·哈尔岑利用南极冰层探测难以捕捉的中微子。(New Scientist $)
8 无人机正在被用于按需降雨 他们用碘化银对云层进行播种以促进降水。(BBC)+ 一家初创公司声称可以阻止闪电。(MIT Technology Review)
9 一种新型水凝胶可能使可变形智能设备成为可能 这种材料可以与活组织共同发展。(SCMP)
10 你很可能不会感染鼠疫 专家表示,对公众的风险仍然非常低。(Wired $)
每日金句
“我有‘NI’——自然智能。我对此感到满意。”
——66 岁的护士兼科技升级抵制者迈克·蒂兰告诉《大西洋月刊》,他为什么不会用最新的 AI 设备替换自己的旧设备。
再补充一点
#### 未来的 AI 芯片可能将采用玻璃制造
人造玻璃已有数千年历史。但现在,它正准备进入世界最新、最大的数据中心所使用的 AI 芯片。
今年,一家名为 Absolics 的韩国公司将开始生产特殊玻璃面板,使下一代计算硬件更强大、更高效。英特尔等其他公司也在积极推进这一领域。
如果一切顺利,这项技术可以降低 AI 数据中心芯片的能耗需求,甚至可以降低消费级笔记本电脑和移动设备的能耗需求。阅读完整故事。
——杰里米·胡苏
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