How a couple of ski bums built the internet’s best weather app

Q: Two ski enthusiasts built OpenSnow into the internet's best weather forecasting app using government

Two ski enthusiasts built OpenSnow into the internet's best weather forecasting app using government data, AI models, and decades of alpine experience.

Q: Anthropic won a legal victory as a judge halted the Pentagon's ban, while OpenAI generated $100 mill

Anthropic won a legal victory as a judge halted the Pentagon's ban, while OpenAI generated $100 million in ad revenue in under 2 months from its pilot program.

Q: Wikipedia banned all AI-generated content and Aurelia Institute is developing a self-assembling spac

Wikipedia banned all AI-generated content and Aurelia Institute is developing a self-assembling space habitat with NASA support.

The Download from MIT Technology Review·Friday, March 27, 2026·5 min read

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MIT Technology Review's newsletter covers how two ski enthusiasts built OpenSnow into the internet's best weather forecasting app using government data and AI models. The newsletter also explores cryonics research and includes updates on Pentagon's Anthropic ban, OpenAI's advertising pilot, and Wikipedia's AI content restrictions.

Key Facts

✓Two ski enthusiasts built OpenSnow into the internet's best weather forecasting app using government data, AI models, and decades of alpine experience.

✓Anthropic won a legal victory as a judge halted the Pentagon's ban, while OpenAI generated $100 million in ad revenue in under 2 months from its pilot program.

✓Wikipedia banned all AI-generated content and Aurelia Institute is developing a self-assembling space habitat with NASA support.

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Anthropic Pentagon ban

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