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Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.

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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can't it catch people before they die? When José Morales ...

In Southern California's Otay Mountain Wilderness, the federal surveillance network seems unavoidable. But year after year, migrant deaths persist.

The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here's how to strengthen federal oversight.

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government's surveillance towers. Here's our methodology.

Plus: Microsoft and OpenAI workers say AI is destroying the web.

You had a lot of questions about the recent claims that humanity is facing an existential risk from AI. We had a go at answering a few.

It's easier than ever to design killer pathogens.