The Download: funding a CRISPR embryo startup, and bad news for clean cement

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Reddit is suing Anthropic Reddit claims the AI company kept accessing its site after claiming it had stopped. (WSJ $) + Reddit says AI companies should not scrape the web without limitations. (NYT $) + It claims that other AI giants have played by its rules. (NBC News) 2 Inside the rise and rise of deepfake scams The best way to protect yourself is to back up and think who (or what) you’re trusting. (Wired $) + An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary. (MIT Technology Review) 3 A lawsuit accuses DOGE of exploiting “error-riden” data to fire workers It claims the department knew its records were inaccurate, but used them to fire 10,000 employees anyway.(Ars Technica) + Unlike Elon Musk, Russ Vought knows the federal government inside out. (NY Mag $) + The first wave of DOGE staffers are becoming full-time government workers. (Wire ... Read full article.