The Download: how the World Cup ball will fly and OpenAI’s “super app”

- The Download: World Cup aerodynamics meet AI optimization. Adidas’s Trionda ball uses seam geometry for predictable flight—perfect data for robotics trajectory models. Meanwhile, OpenAI pivots ChatGPT to a “super app” of autonomous agents, signaling the end of simple chat. Google’s $30B SpaceX deal secures 110k Nvidia GPUs, fueling an AI energy crisis that threatens inflation. Europe decouples from US Big Tech; ICE deploys AI facial recognition. From gene-edited embryos to NASA’s Prada underwear with ventilation tubes, tech is rewriting reality. The future is automated, decentralized, and hungry for power.