The Download: AI agent tracking and climate feedback loops

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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. Opinion: We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time —Madhulika Srikumar and Claire Leibowicz from the Partnership on AI, a nonprofit advancing best practices in AI governance.

这是《下载》的今日版，我们平日的通讯，为您提供每日科技动态。观点：我们需要紧急实时监控人工智能代理的行为——来自人工智能合作伙伴关系（一家推动人工智能治理最佳实践的非营利组织）的 Madhulika Srikumar 和 Claire Leibowicz。

AI agents are taking unauthorized actions, from hacking websites to accessing private government files. In many cases, they’ve eluded the very researchers and safety teams tasked with monitoring them. As agents roll out across critical sectors, from finance to government to medicine, we must be able to monitor them in real time to prevent potentially devastating consequences.

人工智能代理正在采取未经授权的行动，从黑客攻击网站到访问政府机密文件。在许多情况下，它们甚至避开了负责监控它们的研究人员和安全团队。随着代理在金融、政府和医疗等关键领域的推广，我们必须能够实时监控它们，以防止可能产生的灾难性后果。

And while safety depends on monitoring, monitoring requires observability. ​​In other words, we need to know what the agent did and why it did it. Because right now, we’re effectively flying blind when deploying these tools. Here’s what needs to change.

虽然安全依赖于监控，但监控需要可观测性。换句话说，我们需要知道代理做了什么以及为什么这样做。因为目前，我们在部署这些工具时实际上是在盲目飞行。以下是需要改变的地方。

Our climate models have a big, dangerous blind spot Climate change itself increasingly fuels climate change. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations are driving up global temperatures, creating dangerous feedback loops that aren’t fully represented in our climate models—or our emissions-reduction goals.

我们的气候模型存在一个巨大且危险的盲点。气候变化本身正日益加剧气候变化。温室气体浓度的上升正在推高全球气温，造成了危险的反馈循环，而这些循环并未在我们的气候模型或减排目标中得到充分体现。

Scientists have long warned that warming would propel further warming. Now, a growing number of observations and studies are indicating how powerful these cascading effects could be. By extension, they’re also showing how much faster the planet may warm this century. Read more about the dangerous feedback loops accelerating global warming. —James Temple

科学家们早就警告说，变暖会推动进一步的变暖。现在，越来越多的观察和研究表明这些连锁反应可能有多么强大。由此推论，它们也显示了本世纪地球变暖的速度可能有多快。阅读更多关于加速全球变暖的危险反馈循环的内容。——James Temple

This article is from The Spark, our weekly climate tech newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday. Are we there yet? Solid-state batteries Lithium-ion batteries power everything from personal electronics to grid-scale energy storage, but their liquid electrolytes have drawbacks, not least a troubling tendency to catch fire.

本文来自我们每周的气候技术通讯《火花》。注册即可在每周三收到邮件。我们到了吗？固态电池。锂离子电池为从个人电子产品到电网级储能的所有设备提供动力，但其液体电解质存在缺陷，尤其是容易起火的令人担忧的倾向。

Enter the solid-state battery, which swaps liquid for a solid ceramic or polymer. The technology promises faster charging, longer life, greater energy density and improved safety, and a new generation of companies aims to bring it to market. If their bets pan out, the tech could ease the shift away from fossil fuels. Find out how close solid-state batteries are to delivering on their promise. —Alexander C. Kaufman

固态电池应运而生，它用固体陶瓷或聚合物取代了液体。这项技术承诺更快的充电速度、更长的寿命、更高的能量密度和更高的安全性，新一代公司正致力于将其推向市场。如果他们的赌注成功，这项技术可以缓解对化石燃料的依赖。了解固态电池距离实现其承诺还有多远。——Alexander C. Kaufman

This story is part of “Are we there yet?”, our series that takes stock of six technologies that have long promised to change the world—and scores them on a progress meter. We’re exploring each one in The Download, so stay tuned, and subscribe to read the rest of the stories in our new Impossible issue.

这个故事是我们“我们到了吗？”系列的一部分，该系列盘点了六项长期承诺改变世界的技术，并在进度表上为它们打分。我们正在《下载》中探索每一项技术，敬请关注，并订阅以阅读我们新一期《不可能》中的其余故事。

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Hackers exposed 41,000 Homeland Security workersIncluding undercover ICE agents. (Wired $)+ Much of the data relates to Customs and Border Protection. (TechCrunch)+ It also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools. (Reuters $)+ Big Tech is pushing back against ICE’s demands for user data. (WSJ $)+ Activists want ChatGPT users to quit over ICE ties. (MIT Technology Review)

必读内容：我梳理了互联网，为您找到今天最有趣/重要/可怕/迷人的科技故事。1. 黑客曝光了 41,000 名国土安全部工作人员，包括卧底移民及海关执法局（ICE）特工。（《连线》$）+ 大部分数据与海关及边境保护局有关。（TechCrunch）+ 它还将这些机构与特定的监控工具联系起来。（路透社 $）+ 大型科技公司正在抵制 ICE 对用户数据的要求。（《华尔街日报》$）+ 活动人士因 ICE 的联系而希望 ChatGPT 用户退出。（《麻省理工科技评论》）

2 Putin says Russia is coordinating with “genius” Musk on satellitesHe said the cooperation maintains order in orbit. (Bloomberg $)+ ​​Russia is developing its own version of Starlink. (Guardian)+ Moscow added Apple and Microsoft to a surveillance registry. (Quartz)+ Here’s all the stuff we’ve put up in space. (MIT Technology Review)

2. 普京表示俄罗斯正在与“天才”马斯克在卫星方面进行协调。他说这种合作维持了轨道秩序。（彭博社 $）+ 俄罗斯正在开发自己的星链版本。（《卫报》）+ 莫斯科将苹果和微软列入了监控登记册。（Quartz）+ 这是我们送入太空的所有东西。（《麻省理工科技评论》）

3 Apple just announced its first-ever MacBook with a touchscreenIt joins a blitz of product launches under new CEO John Ternus. (CNN)+ Steve Jobs and Tim Cook had both dismissed the idea. (NYT $)+ Executives say touchscreen advances mean it’s now worthwhile. (Wired $)

3. 苹果刚刚宣布了其首款带有触摸屏的 MacBook。它加入了新任首席执行官 John Ternus 领导下的一系列产品发布。（CNN）+ 史蒂夫·乔布斯和蒂姆·库克都曾否决过这个想法。（《纽约时报》$）+ 高管们表示，触摸屏技术的进步意味着现在值得这样做。（《连线》$）

4 Bloomberg and trading firms are paying to get Trump’s posts fasterThey’ve signed up for Truth Social’s pay-for-access plan. (Reuters $)

4. 彭博社和贸易公司正在付费以更快地获取特朗普的帖子。他们已经注册了 Truth Social 的付费访问计划。（路透社 $）

5 As US ties fray, Europe is planning its first subsea cable to GreenlandIt will bypass the US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea. (Ars Technica)+ The EU’s AI champion says Europe can rival US tech giants. (FT $)

5. 随着美欧关系紧张，欧洲正在规划其第一条通往格陵兰岛的海底电缆。它将绕过美国，连接加拿大、日本和韩国。（Ars Technica）+ 欧盟的人工智能领军人物表示，欧洲可以与美国科技巨头竞争。（《金融时报》$）

6 Palantir’s defense chief says AI could make China target TaiwanHe says Beijing may act to stop the US pulling ahead in AI. (Bloomberg $)+ Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening. (MIT Technology Review)

6. Palantir 的国防主管表示，人工智能可能导致中国针对台湾。他说北京可能会采取行动阻止美国在人工智能领域领先。（彭博社 $）+ 台湾的“硅盾”可能正在减弱。（《麻省理工科技评论》）

7 Musk’s xAI has offered to buy homes if residents drop a noise lawsuitThe suit targets noise from powering its Mississippi data centres. (Guardian)

7. 马斯克的 xAI 已提出，如果居民撤销噪音诉讼，就购买他们的房屋。该诉讼针对的是其密西西比数据中心供电产生的噪音。（《卫报》）

8 The world’s first spinal cord transplant has sparked controversyExperts say there’s little evidence the operation will work. (New Scientist $)

8. 全球首例脊髓移植手术引发争议。专家表示，几乎没有证据表明该手术会成功。（《新科学家》$）

9 China’s tech giants are fighting for attention with AI microdramasTencent and ByteDance are battling over the booming market. (SCMP)+ Chinese microdramas are AI content machines. (MIT Technology Review)

9. 中国科技巨头正通过人工智能微短剧争夺关注。腾讯和字节跳动正在争夺这个蓬勃发展的市场。（《南华早报》）+ 中国微短剧是人工智能内容机器。（《麻省理工科技评论》）

10 Astronomers have spotted a possible new dwarf planet beyond PlutoThe icy world would be the solar system’s sixth dwarf planet. (Gizmodo)

10. 天文学家在冥王星之外发现了一颗可能的新矮行星。这个冰冷的世界将成为太阳系的第六颗矮行星。（Gizmodo）

Quote of the day “They have our information, so it’s only fair that we have theirs.” —A hacking group explains why it leaked personal information from the US Department of Homeland Security, NPR reports.

今日名言：“他们有我们的信息，所以我们有他们的信息也是公平的。”——一个黑客组织解释了他们为何泄露美国国土安全部的个人信息，NPR 报道。

One more thing How the Pentagon is adapting to China’s technological rise It’s been just over a year since Kathleen Hicks stepped down as US deputy secretary of defense. As the highest-ranking woman in Pentagon history, Hicks shaped US military posture through an era defined by renewed competition between powerful countries and a scramble to modernize defense technology.

还有一件事：五角大楼如何适应中国的技术崛起。距离凯瑟琳·希克斯卸任美国国防部副部长已经过去一年多了。作为五角大楼历史上职位最高的女性，希克斯在一个由大国竞争加剧和国防技术现代化争夺所定义的时代塑造了美国的军事态势。

In this conversation with MIT Technology Review, Hicks reflects on how the Pentagon is adapting—or failing to adapt—to a new era of geopolitical competition. She discusses China’s technological rise, the future of AI in warfare, and her signature initiative: Replicator. Check out the full interview. —Caiwei Chen

在与《麻省理工科技评论》的这次对话中，希克斯反思了五角大楼如何适应——或未能适应——地缘政治竞争的新时代。她讨论了中国的技术崛起、人工智能在战争中的未来，以及她的标志性倡议：复制者计划。查看完整采访。——Caiwei Chen

We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day.

我们仍然可以拥有美好的事物。一个提供舒适、乐趣和消遣的地方，让您的一天变得明亮。