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| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
How OpenAI scrambled for compute as Stargate stalled amid SoftBank disagreements; sources say OpenAI building its own data centers is not its near-term priority — 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: CNBC, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, The Indian Express, Business Today, Trak.in, and NextBigWhat
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| Bijin Jose / The Indian Express: |
More: The Indian Express on YouTube, DigiTimes, The Indian Express on YouTube, The Information, Implicator.ai, Tom's Hardware, Business Insider, Gizmodo, and Benzinga. LinkedIn: Aabir Lahiry
| 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 … | Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Samsung plans to add Perplexity to Galaxy AI on the upcoming S26 series; users can launch the Perplexity agent by saying “Hey Plex” or with a physical button — The wakeup phrase will be, ‘Hey Plex.’ — Samsung's next flagship devices will offer Perplexity as part of an expansion … | Elliptic: |
How Russia-linked crypto exchanges, including Bitpapa and Exmo, 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, crypto.news, Blockonomi, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, and The Block
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook's increased mentions of Visual Intelligence hint it will be a major part of Apple's new wearables; sources say 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, Tech Times, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada, DigiTimes, The Apple Post, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Appleosophy, The Mac Observer, PhoneArena, 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
| Adam Sella / New York Times: |
A look at CISA during Trump's second term as it navigates job cuts, continues to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader, and faces a demoralized workforce — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has navigated staffing cuts without a Senate-confirmed leader.
Forums: r/politics
| 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
More: The Overspill, Fortune, and New York Post
LinkedIn: Jarrod Starr. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @jaredwhite@indieweb.social. Forums: r/EnvironmentalNews
| 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
| New York Times: |
A look at Japan's Team Mirai, a party founded by software engineers that won 11 of 465 parliament seats by promising self-driving buses and high-tech jobs — With a ponytail, an indigo suit and a black T-shirt covered in lines of computer code, Takahiro Anno stands out in the button-down halls of Japan's government.
More: The Japan Times. X: @gaijinthoughts, @glenweyl, @hwj0104, @unseenjapansite, and @jackwangzhiyu. Forums: r/japan
| Kimi Chaddah / Financial Times: |
A look at the rising popularity of “WorkTok” videos, where employees film their daily work routines on TikTok and Instagram, particularly among Gen Z viewers — Employees videoing their mundane office routines are teaching a younger audience about corporate life| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dell, Lenovo, and other PC makers are working with Nvidia on laptops that use the Arm-based Nvidia-MediaTek SoC, which could launch in H1 2026 — AI leader and its partners hope to make PCs lighter and thinner while keeping long battery life — Nvidia chips for laptop computers … | 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. Bluesky: @stephentotilo
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