Monday assorted links

1. Converts research papers into audio discussions.

2. Interest in reading, by gender, across various countries.

3. Max Richter on the music that made him.

4. A simple recipe for robot dexterity.  And short video of robots picking strawberries.  They even judge which ones are ripe.

5. Steam-powered vs. gas-powered tractors.

6. What was the Fortune 500 equivalent in 1812?

7. Wordy, but some interesting claims about where generative AI is headed.