Anthropic's co-founders say they “believe that AI is one of the most consequential technologies in human history”, detail its scientific potential, and more  —  We believe that Al is one of the most consequential technologies in human history.  If managed well …

Apple unveils a redesigned iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, an A20 Pro, a nano-texture display option, and IP67 water resistance, for $699+ from Nov. 6  —  Featuring a stunning OLED display in an even thinner and lighter design, a huge leap in performance, faster wireless connectivity, and water and dust resistance

Meta plans to raise $95B to finance its AI infrastructure, including $35B in public equity offerings, backed by cornerstone investors Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom  —  Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom will act as cornerstone investors  —  Meta is planning to raise $95bn …

iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough  —  Apple's folding iPhone finally made it to our teardown table.  Some owners' screens didn't make it through setup.

Inside Slack's Salesforce culture clash: Benioff didn't use Slack and had ~1 hour with CEO Butterfield pre-deal; Butterfield quit after a Davos will.i.am panel  —  I needed a keyboard.  —  I stood at my reserved desk on the 7th floor of Salesforce's tower in Vancouver around 9am.

Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center companies, and 200+ neoclouds face “death and consolidation”  —  Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we're investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means...

A look at OpenAI's and Anthropic's aggressive price cuts from June through September, driven by low switching costs and pricing pressure from open-weight models  —  Let's look at a quick timeline of the major LLM model announcements from both OpenAI and Anthropic over the past few months.

A look at TSMC's first plant in Phoenix that has achieved chip output rates comparable to its Taiwan facilities, as its Taiwanese engineers teach US workers  —  On July 5 the Northwest Chinese Baptist Church in Phoenix opened its weekly Mandarin service with a verse from the Old Testament.

Elvis Presley's music owners sue Anthropic for allegedly using 274 songs to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself  —  The $41 million lawsuit contends that the A.I. company used Presley's music to train its models without permission.

The public internet model is dying from too much content, algorithmic aggregators, and vulnerabilities found with AI, and that may bring new possibilities  —  It was the summer of 2003, just weeks before I was set to move to Taiwan, that I decided to create a blog to document my journey.