Wed. 07/02 – In Meta v. OpenAI, Who’s Desperate And Who’s Scared?
More layoffs make me more concerned the AI jobpocalypse is coming to tech this summer. In the big Meta v. OpenAI talent battle, who is desperate and who is scared? We reframe the situation a bit. Figma files for an IPO. Chinese AI seems to be gain ground worldwide. And do universities need to fundamentally rethink teaching computer science?Links:Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts (CNBC)Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent (Wired)Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’ (Wired)Figma files for IPO on NYSE, plans to ‘take big swings’ with acquisitions (CNBC)China Is Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race (WSJ)How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era? (NYTimes)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Tue. 07/01 – Superhuman Finds A Home
Meta Superintelligence Labs is official. Cloudflare’s tool to help websites fend off AI bots is official. Will Apple throw in the towel and just buy some AI off the shelf? Does Amazon now have more robots than human workers in its warehouses? And my hands-down can’t live without you app finds a home.Sponsors:CornbreadHemp.com/ride and code RIDELinks:Zuckerberg Debuts Meta ‘Superintelligence’ Group, More Hires (Bloomberg)Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping (TechCrunch)Apple Weighs Using Anthropic or OpenAI to Power Siri in Major Reversal (Bloomberg)Amazon Is on the Cusp of Using More Robots Than Humans in Its Warehouses (WSJ)Musk’s X Hires Entrepreneur Nikita Bier as Head of Product (Bloomberg)Grammarly to acquire email startup Superhuman in AI platform push (Reuters)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mon. 06/30 – Nintendo And Amazon Fight
Weird beef between Nintendo and Amazon. Is Apple going to make a cheap Macbook with an iPhone chip inside? OpenAI claps back at Meta. The AI avatar startup. And for the first time in a decade, Spotify has changed up the Discover Weekly playlist.Links:Amazon Misses Out on Switch 2 Sales After Nintendo Pulled Products From US Site (Bloomberg)Kuo: Apple to release cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone processor (9to5Mac)‘F1’ Revs To $144M Opening Weekend Around The World, Brad Pitt & Apple Original Films Records (Deadline)OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’ (Wired)AI avatars are here in full force—and they’re serving some of the world’s biggest companies (Fortune)Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after 10 years (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Fri. 06/27 – The Death Of The Blue Screen Of Death
Mark Zuckerberg’s big AI plan seems still to be such a work in progress, he’s even considering abandoning Llama. Apple attempts to comply with the EU’s DMA. Instagram and TikTok want to follow YouTube to your TV. The infamous Blue Screen of Death is dying. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Links:In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the A.I. Race (NYTimes)Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI (The Verge)Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU (9to5Mac)Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you (TechCrunch)TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success (The Information)Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years (The Verge)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them (Wired)AI is ruining houseplant communities online (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Thu. 06/26 – Conflicting AI Legal Rulings
The legal rulings on AI are finally coming in. The problem is, they’re contradictory, so we’re not getting any legal clarity yet. Creative Commons but for AI training data. Is DeepSeek’s R2 model being stymied by lack of access to Nvidia chips? And another deep look at the question of: is AI taking jobs at tech companies, right now?Links:Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training (Reuters)Trump Mobile reiterates claims that new phones are 'made in America' (USAToday)Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem (TechCrunch)OpenAI, Microsoft Rift Hinges on How Smart AI Can Get (WSJ)DeepSeek’s Progress Stalled by U.S. Export Controls (The Information)Salesforce CEO Says 30% of Internal Work Is Being Handled by AI (Bloomberg)AI Killed My Job: Tech workers (Blood In The Machine)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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