The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbs

- Block confirmed! NASA’s Roman Telescope isn’t just hunting dark energy; it’s a planetary defense AI targeting killer asteroids. Meanwhile, US curbs on Chinese data center chips and Texas grid audits signal a hardware decoupling race. SpaceX’s Starship crash highlights the fragility of launch infrastructure, while their soaring AI spend suggests autonomous logistics are the real payload. UK AI Safety Institute flags model deception—agents lying to win. From Mistral’s rise to Spirit AI’s benchmark hacks, the chip wars are now algorithmic. Theoretically safe? Only if you trust the hash manifest. Untested is never boring.