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Tue. 08/12 – Elon To Sue Apple To Get At Sam?
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Aug. 12, 2025

Tue. 08/12 – Elon To Sue Apple To Get At Sam?

Elon says he might take legal action against Apple, but it’s probably his beef with Sam Altman rearing its head once again. A long piece looking at how Jenson won in China, though also, HAS he won WITH China… yet? And is the ...
Aug. 11, 2025

Mon. 08/11 – Nvidia To Pay The Government To Sell In China

Nvidia and AMD are paying the US government 15% of revenue to sell AI chips to China. Remember how with GPT-5, they took away the old models? Well, the old models are back. Some critical analysis of the whole GPT-5 moment. An...
Aug. 9, 2025

(BNS) Could AI Spending Blow Up The Economy? With Paul Kedrosky

I spoke with the great Paul Kedrosky to discuss the significant impact of AI capital expenditure (CapEx) on the economy, exploring how it contributes to GDP growth and the implications of this spending. Qw delve into the rapi...
Aug. 8, 2025

Fri. 08/08 – GPT-5 Fallout

Tracking the fallout and implications from GPT-5’s rollout yesterday. Why is Google’s AI chatbot filled with self-loathing and recrimination? Are President Trump’s comments just the latest worry for the CEO of Intel? Are thos...
Aug. 7, 2025

Thu. 07/08 – GPT-5 Released

Thu. 07/08 – GPT-5 Released
Aug. 6, 2025

Wed. 08/06 – OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models

Disney is making big streaming moves with the new ESPN app and a revamp to Hulu. Then, it’s all basically AI announces. OpenAI’s new open-weight models. Grok’s new spiciness is already generating nudity. A new AI model to ide...
Aug. 5, 2025

Tue 08/05 – Spygate At TSMC?

TSMC has fired employees for allegedly attempting to pilfer information on their 2nm tech. Figma could have raised more money in its IPO but chose not to. Creating entire video game worlds with just a text prompt. And exactly...
Aug. 4, 2025

Mon. 08/04 – The AI Researcher Who Turned Down $1.5 Billion From Zuck

Robotaxies are coming to Europe. Apple wants Answers. Literally. The AI researcher who turned down a billion and a half dollars. How the vibe seems to have definitively shifted in Silicon Valley. And will rollable laptop scre...
Aug. 1, 2025

Fri. 08/01 – Tech IPO’s Are Back On The Menu, Boys…

Well, it looks like Tech IPO’s might be back on the menu because Figma’s first day pop was like the good old days. Anthropic seems to be getting traction, OpenAI raises again. Earnings from Apple and Amazon, and of course, th...
July 31, 2025

Thu. 07/31 – Microsoft Joins The $4 Trillion Club

Microsoft and Meta earnings suggest AI is paying off so far, at least for the big guys. Has OpenAI’s revenues tripled so far in 2025? Devs are using AI more than ever, but that doesn’t mean they trust it. And at the end of th...
July 30, 2025

Wed. 07/30 – The Real Money In AI Video Is In Robotics?

Age verification for web users is sweeping the globe. ChatGPT debuts a study mode for students. What, exactly is Zuckerberg trying to achieve by hiring everyone in AI? Maybe Cohere is the real dark horse in the AI model race....
July 29, 2025

Tue. 07/29 – Do You Need To Cut Back On Your AI Usage?

Sony says Tencent has ripped off one of their biggest games. Microsoft wants to get ahead of the whole AI browser thing. Are rate limits coming for AI usage as some people are using AI too much? Waymo is coming to Dallas. And...
July 28, 2025

Mon. 07/28 – Tea Has Been Spilt

Samsung’s foundry business gets a shot in the arm from Tesla. Zuck’s hiring spree nabs a Chat GPT creator. Anthropic is raising and leveling up in a big way. And no sooner did the hot new dating app Tea get hot, then it got h...
July 25, 2025

Fri. 07/25 – GPT-5 In Two Weeks?

Could Intel exit the high-end chip game entirely? Why are public companies loading up on crypto? GPT-5 is probably coming in a matter of weeks. What if it’s actually AI jobpocalypse… not now? And in the Longreads, the best ex...

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