Sam Altman Attacked

Sam Altman's home has been targeted twice in three days, first a Molotov cocktail, then a shooting from a passing car. Apple is testing four designs for AI smart glasses. OpenAI is touting its Amazon partnership while publicly distancing from Microsoft. GPU prices are surging as an agentic AI compute crunch threatens the whole industry. And Mark Zuckerberg is still keen on photorealistic Metaverse avatars.

• Sam Altman's home targeted in second attack; two suspects arrested (SF Standard)

• Apple AI Smart Glasses Features, Styles, Colors, Cameras; Giannandrea Leaving (Bloomberg)

• OpenAI touts Amazon alliance in memo, says Microsoft has 'limited our ability' to reach clients (CNBC)

• AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out (WSJ)

• Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff (FT)

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