The Download: digitizing India, and scoring embryos

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This newsletter covers multiple tech stories: Nandan Nilekani's ongoing work digitizing India through Aadhaar and related infrastructure; the growing mainstream adoption of embryo genetic scoring despite ethical concerns; Europe's efforts to build a DeepSeek competitor amid US tensions; and various AI developments including economic bubble warnings, coding agent burnout, and the IMF's concerns about market disruption. Additional coverage includes cryptocurrency decline, social media platform shifts, and tech billionaire migration from California.