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 screens become mainstream?

00:33 Robotaxis In Europe

02:12 Apple Wants Answers

03:57 Lina Khan

05:54 Billion Dollar Turn-Down

07:54 AI Trading Bots

10:25 The Silicon Valley Boom Is Back

14:23 A Rollable Laptop

Links:

• Lyft Partners With Baidu on Robotaxis in European Expansion (Bloomberg)
• Apple’s New ‘Answers’ Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push (Bloomberg)
• Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny (TechCrunch)
• Thanks for Your $1 Billion Job Offer, Mark Zuckerberg. I’m Gonna Pass. (WSJ)
• ‘Dumb’ AI Bots Collude to Rig Markets, Wharton Research Finds (Bloomberg)
• Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era (NYTimes)
• Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year (The Verge)

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