The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem

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The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem

《下载》：马斯克与奥特曼的法律对决，以及人工智能的盈利难题

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. 这是今日份的《下载》，我们平日发行的时事通讯，为您提供每日科技世界的动态速递。

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

埃隆·马斯克与萨姆·奥特曼因 OpenAI 的未来对簿公堂

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to trial this week in a case with sweeping consequences. Ahead of OpenAI’s IPO, the court could rule on whether the company can exist as a for-profit enterprise. It could even oust its leadership. Musk, an OpenAI co-founder, claims he was deceived into bankrolling the firm under false pretenses. He’s seeking $134 billion in damages, the removal of Altman and president Greg Brockman, and the company’s restoration to a non-profit. Find out how the trial could upend the global AI race. —Michelle Kim 埃隆·马斯克与 OpenAI 首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼本周将因一起影响深远的案件出庭受审。在 OpenAI 进行首次公开募股（IPO）之前，法院可能会裁定该公司是否可以作为营利性企业存在，甚至可能罢免其领导层。作为 OpenAI 的联合创始人，马斯克声称自己是在虚假前提下被诱导资助该公司的。他要求 1340 亿美元的赔偿，罢免奥特曼和总裁格雷格·布罗克曼，并将公司恢复为非营利组织。了解这场审判将如何颠覆全球人工智能竞赛。——Michelle Kim

The missing step between hype and profit

炒作与盈利之间缺失的一环

In a celebrated South Park episode, a community of gnomes sneak out at night to steal underpants. Why? The gnomes present their pitch deck. “Phase 1: Collect underpants. Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit.” It’s a business plan that captures the current state of AI. Companies have built the tech (Step 1) and promised transformation (Step 3). But how they get there is still a big question mark. Read about the potential paths forward. —Will Douglas Heaven 在《南方公园》的一集经典剧集中，一群地精在夜间溜出去偷内裤。为什么？地精们展示了他们的商业计划书：“第一阶段：收集内裤。第二阶段：？第三阶段：盈利。”这个商业计划精准地捕捉到了人工智能目前的现状。各大公司已经构建了技术（第一步），并承诺了变革（第三步）。但如何实现这一目标仍然是一个巨大的问号。阅读关于未来潜在路径的分析。——Will Douglas Heaven

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things AI. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Monday. 本文最初发表于我们的每周通讯《算法》，为您提供人工智能领域的一切内幕。每周一订阅即可在收件箱中接收。

Welcome to the era of weaponized deepfakes

欢迎来到深度伪造武器化时代

For years, experts have warned that deepfakes could be deployed in malicious ways. These dangers are now here. Cheap, accessible models now produce weaponized deepfakes—from sexually explicit images to political propaganda—that look startlingly real. They’re already inciting violence, changing minds, and sowing mistrust, with women and marginalized groups disproportionately affected. Experts fear that they’re cratering trust and critical thinking. Here’s why they’re alarmed. —Eileen Guo 多年来，专家们一直警告深度伪造（deepfakes）可能被用于恶意目的。这些危险现在已经降临。廉价且易于获取的模型现在可以制作出武器化的深度伪造内容——从色情图片到政治宣传——看起来极其逼真。它们已经在煽动暴力、改变舆论并播下不信任的种子，女性和边缘群体受到的影响尤为严重。专家们担心这正在摧毁信任和批判性思维。这就是他们感到担忧的原因。——Eileen Guo

Weaponized deepfakes are on our list of the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now, MIT Technology Review’s guide to what’s really worth your attention in the busy, buzzy world of AI. 武器化深度伪造被列入我们“当前人工智能领域最重要的 10 件事”名单，这是《麻省理工科技评论》为您整理的在繁忙喧嚣的 AI 世界中真正值得关注的内容指南。

The must-reads

必读内容

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 我已梳理了互联网，为您找出今天最有趣/重要/可怕/迷人的科技新闻。

  1. OpenAI has ended its exclusive partnership with Microsoft The new deal allows OpenAI to court rivals such as Amazon. (Reuters $)+ Microsoft will still license OpenAI’s tech, but no longer exclusively. (NYT $)+ OpenAI is missing key growth targets ahead of its IPO. (WSJ $) OpenAI 结束了与微软的独家合作伙伴关系 新协议允许 OpenAI 争取亚马逊等竞争对手。（路透社 $）+ 微软仍将获得 OpenAI 技术的授权，但不再是独家。（纽约时报 $）+ OpenAI 在 IPO 前未能达到关键增长目标。（华尔街日报 $）

  2. Google has signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon It permits AI use for “any lawful government purpose.” (The Information $)+ Over 600 Google workers had called for a block on the deal. (QZ)+ AI firms are set to train military versions of their models on classified data. (MIT Technology Review) 谷歌与五角大楼签署了一项机密 AI 协议 该协议允许将 AI 用于“任何合法的政府目的”。（The Information $）+ 超过 600 名谷歌员工曾呼吁阻止该交易。（Quartz）+ AI 公司准备在机密数据上训练其模型的军事版本。（麻省理工科技评论）

  3. The EU has told Google to open Android to AI rivals It wants to end Gemini’s built-in advantage. (Ars Technica)+ Google calls the move an “unwarranted intervention.” (WSJ $)+ A final decision is expected by the end of July. (Reuters $) 欧盟要求谷歌向 AI 竞争对手开放安卓系统 旨在终结 Gemini 的内置优势。（Ars Technica）+ 谷歌称此举为“无理干预”。（华尔街日报 $）+ 最终决定预计将在 7 月底前做出。（路透社 $）

  4. OpenAI is reportedly developing an AI-first smartphone It would replace apps with agents. (TechCrunch)+ Qualcomm and MediaTek may be developing its processors. (Gizmodo) 据报道，OpenAI 正在开发一款“AI 优先”智能手机 它将用智能体（agents）取代应用程序。（TechCrunch）+ 高通和联发科可能正在为其开发处理器。（Gizmodo）

  5. A brain implant for depression is moving into human testing The FDA has approved a human study of the device. (Wired $)+ BCIs have thus far struggled to reach the market. (MIT Technology Review) 一种用于治疗抑郁症的脑植入物进入人体试验阶段 FDA 已批准该设备的人体研究。（连线 $）+ 脑机接口（BCI）迄今为止在进入市场方面进展艰难。（麻省理工科技评论）

  6. A populist backlash against AI is gaining momentum in rural America From Indiana to Idaho, voters are pushing back against the technology. (NYT $)+ Anti-AI protests are expanding worldwide. (MIT Technology Review) 美国农村地区针对 AI 的民粹主义反弹正在加剧 从印第安纳州到爱达荷州，选民们正在抵制这项技术。（纽约时报 $）+ 反 AI 抗议活动正在全球范围内蔓延。（麻省理工科技评论）

  7. DeepSeek has priced its new model 97% below OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 It aims to attract more enterprises, developers, and agent-based users. (SCMP)+ Here are three reasons why DeepSeek V4 matters. (MIT Technology Review) DeepSeek 将其新模型定价定在比 OpenAI 的 GPT-5.5 低 97% 的水平 旨在吸引更多企业、开发者和基于智能体的用户。（南华早报）+ DeepSeek V4 为何重要的三个原因。（麻省理工科技评论）

  8. AI now generates a third of new websites A study found it’s making the web more cheery and less verbose. (404 Media) AI 现在生成了三分之一的新网站 一项研究发现，这使得网络变得更加欢快，且冗长内容减少。（404 Media）

  9. Top talent is leaving Big Tech to launch their own AI startups Meta, Google, and OpenAI are facing a brain drain. (CNBC) 顶尖人才正在离开大型科技公司去创办自己的 AI 初创企业 Meta、谷歌和 OpenAI 正面临人才流失。（CNBC）

  10. Taylor Swift is trademarking her voice and image The Grammy winner has been the target of numerous deepfakes. (NBC News)+ A growing number of celebrities are fighting AI with trademarks. (BBC) 泰勒·斯威夫特正在为其声音和形象申请商标 这位格莱美奖得主一直是众多深度伪造的目标。（NBC 新闻）+ 越来越多的名人正在利用商标权对抗 AI。（BBC）

Quote of the day

今日金句

“The reality is people don’t like him.” “事实是，人们不喜欢他。”

—Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers reacts to prospective jurors confessing their negative views of Elon Musk ahead of his legal battle with Sam Altman, The Verge reports. ——据 The Verge 报道，在埃隆·马斯克与萨姆·奥特曼的法律对决前夕，伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯法官对陪审团候选人坦承自己对马斯克持负面看法做出了上述回应。

One More Thing

还有一件事

How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism 新冠阴谋论如何导致艾滋病否认主义的惊人复苏

When Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS,” several million people were listening. He also asserted that AZT, the earliest drug used to treat AIDS, killed people “quicker” than the disease itself—another claim that has been disproven. Such comments illustrate an unmistakable resurgence in AIDS denialism: a false collection of theories arguing either that HIV does not cause AIDS or that there is no such thing as HIV at all. By the dawn of the millennium, these claims had largely fallen out of favour. That changed when the coronavirus arrived. Follow the digital path from Covid skepticism to the return of a deadly conspiracy theory. —Anna Merlan 当乔·罗根错误地宣称“派对毒品”是“艾滋病的一个重要因素”时，有数百万人正在收听。他还断言，最早用于治疗艾滋病的药物 AZT 杀人的速度比疾病本身“更快”——这是另一个已被证伪的说法。这些言论表明艾滋病否认主义出现了明显的复苏：这是一套错误的理论集合，声称艾滋病毒（HIV）不会导致艾滋病，或者根本不存在艾滋病毒。到了千禧年之初，这些说法已基本被抛弃。但随着新冠病毒的到来，情况发生了变化。追踪从新冠怀疑论到致命阴谋论回归的数字路径。——Anna Merlan

We can still have nice things

我们依然可以拥有美好事物

A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line.) 一个为您提供舒适、乐趣和消遣，点亮您一天的地方。（有什么好点子？给我写信。）

  • Explore the planets from your laptop with this live sky map.
  • 通过这张实时星图，在笔记本电脑上探索行星。
  • This marathon DJ set from Daphni is an incredible journey through electronic music.
  • Daphni 的这场马拉松式 DJ 表演是一场令人难以置信的电子音乐之旅。
  • NASA’s stunning Artemis II wallpapers bring a high-res piece of deep space to your phone.
  • NASA 令人惊叹的“阿尔忒弥斯 2 号”壁纸将深空的高清影像带到您的手机上。
  • This fascinating GPS explainer breaks down how your phone figures out exactly where you are.
  • 这篇引人入胜的 GPS 解释文章详细拆解了您的手机如何确定您的确切位置。
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