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| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
OpenAI scrambled for compute power after the Stargate project stalled; sources: OpenAI still plans to build its own data centers, but not in the near future — When President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate AI data center project in January 2025, the three companies charged …
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning — Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.
LinkedIn: Bridget Fahrland and Daron Yondem
Bluesky: @carljanderson, @rosemarymosco.com, and @prietschka
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman says discussions about AI's energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI's environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express.
More: The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Indian Express, Business Today, Trak.in, and NextBigWhat
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| Bijin Jose / The Indian Express: |
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook's increased mentions of Visual Intelligence hint it will be a major part of Apple's new wearables; sources: Apple considers a deep red iPhone 18 Pro — Apple CEO Tim Cook is signaling that Visual Intelligence will be the defining feature of the company's push into wearable AI devices.
More: TechCrunch, DigiTimes, Engadget, MacRumors, Appleosophy, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, The Apple Post, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada, 9to5Mac, Forbes, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Digital Trends, NextBigWhat, and iClarified
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Mastodon: @markgurman@mastodon.social
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai: |
Google Antigravity users say their paid Google AI accounts were banned after linking Gemini models via OpenClaw; Peter Steinberger says he may “remove support” — Google has restricted accounts of AI Ultra subscribers who accessed Gemini models through OpenClaw, a third-party OAuth client …
More: Google AI Developers Forum. X: @beeman_nl, @_mohansolo, @dralcymarjunior, @steipete, @sterlingcooley, @tharun0x, and @chriscoveries. Forums: Hacker News
| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Samsung will add Perplexity to Galaxy AI on the upcoming S26 series; users can launch the Perplexity agent by saying “Hey Plex” or with a physical helper button — The wakeup phrase will be, ‘Hey Plex.’ — Samsung's next flagship devices will offer Perplexity as part … | Elliptic: |
How Russia-linked crypto exchanges, like Bitpapa, Exmo, and others help Russian entities move money across borders, bypassing banking oversight and sanctions — Cryptoasset exchanges that maintain operational or financial connections with Russia continue to enable the circumvention of international sanctions.
More: BeInCrypto, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, and The Block
| Niamh Rowe / The Guardian: |
US farmers are increasingly rejecting multimillion-dollar offers from data center developers; some estimate ~40K acres are needed globally for new AI projects — Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land| Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
Documents submitted by Waymo and Tesla to the US government reveal new info about the remote assistance programs for their robotaxis, staffed by human operators — Self-driving vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.
More: Associated Press, TechCrunch, and Fox News
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dell, Lenovo, and other PC makers are working with Nvidia on laptops using the Arm-based Nvidia-MediaTek system-on-a-chip, which could come in H1 2026 — AI leader and its partners hope to make PCs lighter and thinner while keeping long battery life| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Trump calls on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or face “consequences,” after she said corporations that “take a knee” to Trump would be held accountable — Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” …
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X: @trumptruthonx, @anneapplebaum, @pooroldrolotony, @lauraloomer, @senadamschiff, @matthewstoller, @tedcruz, @quinnypig, @traceyryniec, and @yashar
Bluesky: @seldo.com, @kevinmkruse, @imbernomics, @mattgertz, @deanobeidallah, @confunctionist, and @karlbode.com. Threads: @karaswisher. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
| Garry Tan / Garry's List: |
Anthropic's data shows software engineering accounts for ~50% of its AI agent tool calls; the remaining verticals are greenfields most founders are overlooking — Anthropic's new data shows software engineering dominates agentic AI. For founders, that's not a warning. It's a treasure map.
More: Anthropic, TechRadar, and The Decoder
X: @anthropicai, @anthropicai, @garrytan, @handotdev, and @levie
| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Neil Shen of HSG, formerly Sequoia China, which raised $9B from US investors before US restrictions and has funded Manus and other Chinese startups — Neil Shen has long bridged both countries, from working at Sequoia after Yale to his own firm
X: @ruima
| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios — The game industry's contraction is unrelenting. — ∙ Paid — Tencent has shut down its TiMi Montreal studio without …
More: Kotaku. X: @pigeongogaming, @pirat_nation, @kotaku, @stephentotilo, @ninjago9101, and @pirat_nation. LinkedIn: Alvaro Fernandez Luzuriaga. Bluesky: @stephentotilo
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