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September 28, 2025, 2:50 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple's internal chatbot deserves a public release; sources: Apple nears production of M5 MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, and two monitors for Q4 2025 or Q1 2026  —  Apple should release its internal ChatGPT-like app publicly to give its revamped AI system more credibility.
Rodney Brooks:
iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't learn human-level dexterity from current methods, how to make them safe for humans, and more  —  rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids- wont-learn-dexterity/  —  In this post I explain why today's humanoid robots will not learn …
The Information:
How Nvidia's large investments in AI startups and data centers act like a form of financial stimulus, potentially artificially inflating demand for its GPUs  —  Even by the standards of one of the most prodigious dealmakers in tech, the past month or so has been a head-spinning one for Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
More: CNBCX: @jonathanvanian and @sal19
Felix Salmon / Bloomberg:
Turning compute into a tradable commodity could fuel the next stage of the AI boom, just like oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment  —  Just as oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment, turning compute into a tradable commodity will be needed to fuel AI's next stage.
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CNN:
How Mode to Code, a nonprofit founded by a teenager, is teaching Bay Area seniors to use AI and avoid scams through free coding and tech literacy classes  —  Jacob Shaul is the kind of rising high school student who spends Saturdays playing chess and devours books by Malcom Gladwell and Angela Duckworth.
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
A book excerpt details how a small team of content curators hired by ByteDance in Mexico City in 2018 shaped TikTok's For You algorithm in Latin America  —  An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app's powerful recommendation engine was shaped …
Washington Post:
How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company  —  The creation of a U.S. spin-off, which has raised questions about censorship and favor for allies, will almost certainly be touted by Vance as a top achievement.
More: CNBC

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