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  "id": 11440973,
  "title": "The Download: a biological de-aging contest and why LLMs don’t reason",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/the-download-a-biological-de-aging-contest-and-why-llms-dont-reason",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1145666/the-download-biological-de-aging-ai-reasoning/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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. A new contest pits competitors against each other in a race to biological youth —Jessica Hamzelou This week, I officially signed up for an unusual competition. One that rewards competitors for…",
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      {
        "outlet": "MIT Technology Review",
        "title": "Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/dont-be-fooled-llms-dont-reason",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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