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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 …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
A look at AI-powered “nudify” tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims — In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.| The Information: |
Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be 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.
More: Fortune, Motley Fool, and Tom's Hardware
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| 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 … | 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.| 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.
Forums: r/finance and r/NBIS_Stock
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization startup whose ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is accused of swindling investors out of $300M — CaaStle pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in recent tech history, according to the SEC and DOJ.| The Information: |
Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B — Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence …
LinkedIn: Katie Roof
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The US ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder says the EU must either prove that its digital rules, such as the DMA, do not punish US tech companies or change them — Donald Trump's ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies| Lee Jung-joo / The Korea Herald: |
South Korea confirms that a fire at National Information Resources Service's data center, housing 647 government IT systems, directly damaged 96 of them — Covering social issues on Seoul, civil security, climate — The Ministry of Interior and Safety said Sunday that recovery work …
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| Stephen Foley / Financial Times: |
Accenture, which laid off 11K+ employees in the past three months, warns of more cuts if workers cannot be retrained to have the skills needed for the age of AI — Group details $865mn restructuring programme and outlook reflecting sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Justin Sun, who was facing an SEC fraud lawsuit before investing $90M in Trump family cryptocurrencies and becoming a business associate of Trump — Justin Sun was facing an SEC fraud case, but $90 million of Trump coins later, he's doing business with the president's family.
More: CryptoPotato. X: @bradstone and @ryanjamesweeks. LinkedIn: Brad Stone. Forums: r/antimisdisinfoproject
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