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The Download: preserving the Arctic permafrost, and playful AI agents

MIT technology review • 19 Oct 2026, 12:10

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. Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon —James Temple In July 2021, a wildfire burned through a forest on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks campus,…

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