The Download: Anduril's new AI system, and how to use Sora

More than ever, we feel a duty and desire to extend empathy to our nonhuman neighbors. In the last three years, more than 30 countries have formally recognized other animals--including gorillas, lobsters, crows, and octopuses--as sentient beings. A trio of books from Ed Yong, Jackie Higgins, and Philip Ball detail creatures' rich inner worlds and capture what has led to these developments: a booming field of experimental research challenging the long-standing view that animals are neither conscious nor cognitively complex. It seems we have two types of laugh: one caused by tickling, and the other by everything else. Ukrainian artist Oleg Dron specializes in expansive, haunting landscapes.