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1:20:22
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1:20:22
Elon’s $1T Deal
Elon’s $1T payday… nice deal if you can get it. The lawsuits against OpenAI are exploding. The new Grand Theft Auto gets delayed (again). Now the Texas Attorney General is going after Roblox. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package (WSJ)
Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions (NYTimes)
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026 (Bloomberg)
Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases its second AI update in four months as China’s AI race heats up (CNBC)
Texas sues Roblox for 'putting paedophiles and profits' over safety (BBC)
'It's organized crime': TikTok Shop says it's fighting a new wave of AI scammers (Business Insider)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time (MIT Technology Review)
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20:13
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Gemini To Power The New Siri?
Apple is probably going to let Gemini power the new Siri, at least for a while. Does OpenAI want the government to backstop its AI buildout? And two new AI products. How about an AI smart-ring to remember your shower-thoughts, and what if Foursquare, but for the AI era?
Apple Nears $1 Billion-a Year Deal to Use Google AI for Siri (Bloomberg)
OpenAI Isn’t Yet Working Toward an IPO, CFO Says (WSJ)
Microsoft Lays Out Ambitious AI Vision, Free From OpenAI (WSJ)
Google’s rolling out its most powerful AI chip, taking aim at Nvidia with custom silicon (CNBC)
Whisper Into This AI-Powered Smart Ring to Organize Your Thoughts (Wired)
The Foursquare founder's new app is an AI-powered 'DJ' for neighborhood updates (Engadget)
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20:01
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20:01
Google and Epic Settle
Google and Epic Games settle their beef. Ripple wants to claim the stablecoin crown. Hyperscalers are about to claim the power generation equivalent to 40 million homes. And the wonkiest analysis I’ve seen in a while on whether or not AI can scale productivity in some sort of up and to the right way.
Google proposes app store reforms in settlement with ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games (Reuters)
Cloud streaming finally arrives on the PlayStation Portal (The Verge)
Citadel Securities and Fortress take stakes in Ripple at $40bn valuation (FT)
How many ‘bragawatts’ have the hyperscalers announced so far? (Financial Times)
Amazon Sues to Stop Perplexity From Using AI Tool to Buy Stuff (Bloomberg)
Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics (Windows On Theory)
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21:48
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Nobody Cares About AI Ads?
Apple brings the App Store to the web. When the cyber white hats turn black hat. Jensen didn’t get what he really wants from Trump. Coca-Cola says nobody cares if the commercials are AI. Is Common Crawl the secret AI infrastructure? And why Google Cloud is the thing sending Google stock to new all-time highs.
Apple brings its App Store to the web (The Verge)
Prosecutors allege incident response pros used ALPHV/BlackCat to commit string of ransomware attacks (Cyberscoop)
Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to three new cities (The Verge)
Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia’s Push to Export AI Chips to China (WSJ)
Coca-Cola Injects ‘Holidays Are Coming’ Ads With an Upgraded Dose of AI (WSJ)
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work (The Atlantic)
AI turned Google Cloud from also-ran into Alphabet’s growth driver (Reuters)
Steven Bartlett's Steve Jobs Cartoon Video
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