The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains

- The Download: Meta’s AI support agent just got hacked, proving simple prompt injection beats complex Mythos models. As Anthropic calls for a global AI slowdown due to self-improvement risks, we see bot traffic hitting 57%—a digital infrastructure tipping point. Meanwhile, ASML’s EUV lithography machines are the only thing keeping Moore’s Law alive for our next-gen chips. With the White House eyeing equity in AI firms and Canada pouring $2B into strategy, the race is on. But Gloria Mark warns: deferring cognition to LLMs is eroding our neural hardware. We’re building smarter labs while our biological processors lag. Secure the chain, upgrade the mind.