The Download: a biological de-aging contest and why LLMs don’t reason
MIT Technology Review · 2 Oct 2026

The Download: a biological de-aging contest and why LLMs don’t reason

Plus: OpenAI says rogue agents may have affected more than 100 organizations. 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. This week, I officially signed up for an unusual competition. One that rewards compe


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