The Download: AI agents’ autonomy, and sodium-based batteries
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Summary
In this week’s edition of The Download by MIT Technology Review, we highlight the increasing popularity of using AI agents, which have recently emerged as a new class of agents built using large language models.
These AI agents are capable of performing a wide range of text-based actions, from playing video games to running social media accounts.
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney, alleging that the company’s software copies their characters and allows for the production of personalised AI slop of their IP.
Microsoft is developing an AI tool for the Pentagon, as it works on a version of Copilot for more than one million licenses.
The US is rolling back emissions standards for power plants, which is the Trump administration’s biggest reversal of green policies yet. This comes as interest in nuclear power surges.