The Download: brainless human clones and the first uterus kept alive outside a body

2 Elon Musk reportedly joined Trump’s call with Modi about the Iran War 
It remains unclear what Musk was doing during the conversation. (NYT $)  
+ India has disputed the report. (Independent) 
+ The war poses a grave threat to the EV market. (Rest of World) 

3 Eli Lilly has struck a deal to bring AI-developed drugs to the market 
It’s secured a $2.75 billion drug collaboration with Insilico Medicine. (Reuters $) 
+ A I-designed compounds can kill drug-resistant bacteria. (MIT Technology Review) 

4 More and more countries are curbing children’s social media access 
Austria is the latest to pursue a ban. (Engadget) 
+ Indonesia has rolled out the first one in Southeast Asia. (DW) 
+ UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will also “have to act.” (Guardian)  

5 Tech stocks just had their worst week in nearly a year 
Thanks to a combination of the Iran war and legal disputes. (CNBC) 
+ Tech insiders are split over the AI bubble. (MIT Technology Review) 

6 Meta is launching new smart glasses for prescription wearers 
It plans to debut them next week. (Bloomberg $) 

7 Taiwan is probing 11 Chinese firms for illegal poaching of tech talent 
Its semiconductors are entangled in the tensions with Beijing. (Reuters) 

8 Bluesky has built an AI app for customizing social media feeds 
It uses Anthropic’s Claude. (TechCrunch) 

9 A psychologist is making music with his brain implant 
He believes enjoyment is a prerequisite for BCI success. (Wired $)