TMtechmemeSources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels "more than 50%" of the way to a full-blown AI takeover and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
YhackernewsBrits would quite like their private messages to stay privatehackernews17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI's Hugging Face incident report says AI agents used exploits to gain full admin access to OpenAI's own research cluster supporting its VM environments (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeFaro, which develops data models and AI tools to speed up clinical trials, raised a $37.3M Series B co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and S32 (Dealroom.co)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeIndustry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia's physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGrindr CEO George Arison plans premium services push, including a product costing up to $350 per month; Grindr averaged 1.4M paying users among 15M MAUs in Q2 (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGlassdoor analysis finds 47% of Gen X workers write positively about their companies' AI use, compared with 40% of millennials and 33% of Gen Z workers (Taylor Nicole Rogers/Bloomberg)industry17 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMusic producers are calling out tracks suspected of using AI tools like Suno, as the internet becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated music (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCalifornia's legislature passes a bill exempting open-source OSes like Linux from a 2025 age-verification law; Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android remain in scope (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeData center development is driving demand for acoustic consultants, as developers and neighboring communities hire acousticians to assess noise emissions (Sheena Meng/Bloomberg)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeJob listings and other indicators: SpaceX is working on a Bastrop, TX foundry to build blades for large gas turbines, which could ease its AI power crunch (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAnthropic will "permanently" raise weekly Claude Code limits by 25% on Sept. 14 for most plans, which will work out a 17% reduction, given the current 50% boost (@claudedevs)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources detail how Meta's $17.1B settlement with state AGs came together as Meta wanted to avoid going to trial following losses in cases in LA and New Mexico (New York Times)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic, Dario Amodei, and Benjamin Mann, alleging tens of thousands of copyrighted songs were used to train Claude's LLMs (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCursor co-founder Michael Truell says OpenAI represents just 5% of Cursor's traffic and Cursor trusted OpenAI to be "neutral"; Musk says he "couldn't care less" (Amir Efrati/The Information)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeNew AI-powered video tools have accelerated the surge in AI dramas in China; DataEye: 89 of the top 100 animated dramas on Douyin in May were AI productions (Financial Times)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeTrade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians opposing data center projects, warning that blocking the projects endangers building-related jobs (Wall Street Journal)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→