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Sources: Apple is already taping out M7 with major NPU upgrades, and plans M7 Ultra with 1.5TB RAM, and M8, for 2028; new Pencils are coming with a new iPad Pro — Also: New Apple Pencils are coming. — Apple's new Mac chip road map represents the company's latest move to rebuild …
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X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @mweinbach, @firstadopter, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/ipad, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| The Economic Times: |
Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 — In a post on X, the company said, “We're extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19.”| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending — Three prominent artificial intelligence developers released new models over the past week. They all promise to be more advanced … | Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI: |
Open weight AI models are facing an existential policy test in the US, with Anthropic leading a campaign against Chinese models over distillation concerns — Staring down the barrel of policy action that could make open models a permanent second class citizen. — ∙ Paid
X: @pattoniumbot, @yashetal, @josephjacks_, @aijoey, @shareastronomy, @sorukumar, and @bahradx
| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai, the Chinese lab behind the GLM models, argues frontier AI capabilities should stay “as open and widely accessible as possible” — The founder of Chinese AI lab Zhipu argued that frontier artificial intelligence should remain broadly accessible rather …
More: HOKANEWS.COM, CNBC, and Times Now
X: @jason, @teortaxestex, @synthwavedd, @andrewcurran_, @amihai, @teortaxestex, @vitaliarbuzov, @teortaxestex, @elder_plinius, @rhyssullivan, @claudeai, @thsottiaux, @kristy_loke, @zerohedge, and @bingxu_. Bluesky: @timfduffy.com
| Financial Times: |
A profile of Asha Sharma, an outsider elevated by Satya Nadella to lead Xbox, where she made sweeping job cuts and shed game studios within her first few months — Elevated to fix Microsoft's struggling gaming division, she is making tough decisions about its future
| Sam Learner / Financial Times: |
Users of AI coding tools are flooding open-source projects with low-quality contributions, overwhelming maintainers and potentially eroding community engagement — Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web's unsung human caretakers. If you are reading the digital version …
X: @johnthackara and @steveruizok
Bluesky: @stephenkb, @davidcrespo, @tobyn, @frankpasquale, @rich-harris.dev, @olihawkins.com, @samlearner, and @samlearner. Mastodon: @bagder@mastodon.social
| Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters: |
A Taiwanese minister says TSMC plans two more advanced chip packaging plants in Chiayi Science Park, with all four expected to generate $9.35B+ in annual output — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW) will add two advanced chip packaging plants in the Chiayi Science Park …
More: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, The Asia Business Daily, Taipei Times, Focus Taiwan, and Tech Times
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Eating disorder therapists say patients are increasingly using AI chatbots for advice, while AI also appears to be directing more patients to helplines — Even a chatbot trained on nutrition and fitness research that dispenses reasonable-sounding guidance can become a deadly influence| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at ADI Predictstreet's troubled launch, marked by tiny trading volumes, withdrawal bugs, and other issues, as it tried to challenge Kalshi and Polymarket — ADI Predictstreet bungled a World Cup ticket giveaway, users say — Vukašin Petrović was elated … | Naomi Rea / Financial Times: |
How museums are using AI chatbots to reach new audiences, as some museum staff worry AI-generated inaccuracies and bias could undermine them as trusted sources — Touted as a way to engage visitors and boost funding, new tools are triggering concerns around trust and ethics
X: @bradsmi and @museumoffreedom
| Grace Kay / The Information: |
Sources: Cursor is building a general-purpose AI agent codenamed Sand, aimed at non-developers, that handles emails, texts, and documents to rival Claude Cowork — Cursor is developing a general-purpose AI agent meant to compete with popular tools like Anthropic's Claude Cowork … | Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the growing anti-AI movement in the Bay Area, as the disappearance of Sam Kirchner, co-founder of a hard-line activist group, has the movement on edge — The resistance to artificial intelligence is growing over fears about human extinction—but one activist's disappearance has the movement on edge| Laura Dubois / Financial Times: |
EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath says the EC is set to propose new digital rules by year-end aimed at protecting consumers from online spending traps — Justice commissioner Michael McGrath says Brussels seeks to strengthen social media safeguards — Brussels is preparing … Sponsor Posts
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