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Mon. 12/09 – OpenAI Releases Sora Dec 09, 2024

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OpenAI’s Sora model is here! TikTok is still in trouble. China does more turnabouts is fair play, this time with Nvidia. I Apple, belatedly, getting serious about gaming on the Vision Pro? And did Google just make a huge, historic leap forward in quantum computing?

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Sora is here (OpenAI)
OpenAI’s controversial Sora is finally launching today. Will it truly disrupt Hollywood? (LATimes)
OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool (CNBC)
Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Ban of TikTok (WSJ)
Nvidia Hit With China Probe in Global Tech War Escalation (Bloomberg)
Apple, Sony Discuss Teaming Up on Gaming Controllers for Vision Pro (Blooomberg)
Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough (NYTimes)
Google Debuts New Quantum Chip, Error Correction Breakthrough, and Roadmap Details (HPCWire)

Fri. 12/06 – Santa Sam Makes His First Delivery Dec 06, 2024

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Santa Sam has made his first delivery of the promised 12 days of launches from OpenAI. David Sacks is named the AI and Crypto Czar. Samsung’s entire UI is getting a radical overhaul. OpenAI is seemingly about to restructure everything. No more Surface Studios? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its o1 ‘reasoning’ model (The Verge)
Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar (Bloomberg)
Here’s everything new Samsung’s Android 15 update, One UI 7, and the full changelog [Gallery] (9to5Google)
OpenAI seeks to unlock investment by ditching ‘AGI’ clause with Microsoft (Financial Times)
The Surface Studio is dead? — Microsoft ends production on $4,500 Surface Studio 2+ as stock dwindles (Windows Central)
Hawk Tuah memecoin dumps 90% amid backlash over controversial launch (Cointelegraph)
What Pat Gelsinger’s exit means for Intel and the US Chips Act (Financial Times)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

He Was Going to Save Intel. He Destroyed $150 Billion of Value Instead. (WSJ)
Friend or Faux (The Verge)
When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk (The Atlantic)

Thu. 12/05 – Bitcoin $100k! Dec 05, 2024

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Bitcoin crosses the big $100k mark for the first time. We now know who Trump wants to fill the roles Silicon Valley cares about the most. Is Amazon about to become a top tier AI model player? Two new models from Google DeepMind, one of them promises to revolutionize weather prediction. And Waymo says bienvenido a Miami.

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Crypto Trading Volume Surged to $10 Trillion for the First Time in November (Bloomberg)
Trump Picks Paul Atkins to Run the S.E.C. (NYTimes)
Trump Taps Vance Aide Gail Slater as Top DOJ Antitrust Cop (Bloomberg)
Amazon announces Nova, a new family of multimodal AI models (TechCrunch)
First impressions of the new Amazon Nova LLMs (via a new llm-bedrock plugin) (Simon Willison's Blog)
DeepMind’s Genie 2 can generate interactive worlds that look like video games (TechCrunch)
Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts (NYTimes)
Key leaders behind Google’s viral NotebookLM are leaving to create their own startup (TechCrunch)
Waymo to expand to Miami, aims to launch robotaxi service there in 2026 (CNBC)

Wed. 12/04 – Spotify Wrapped 2024 Has NotebookLM Baked In Dec 04, 2024

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Amid the Salt Typhoon hack, the US government wants you and me to go encrypted. Ubisoft shuts down XDefiant. Spotify Wrapped 2024 has NotebookLM baked right into it. And Google’s text to video AI model has beaten Sora to market, but is Sam Altman about to get all Santa on us?

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Tue. 12/03 – Where Does Intel Go From Here? Dec 03, 2024

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The search for a new Intel CEO has begun in earnest, but a change in leadership probably makes a wholesale transformation of the company more likely. China goes tit for tat on banning things. Why ChatGPT can’t say certain names. And how is that shopping with AI agents thing going?

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Exclusive: Intel's CEO-shortlist candidates include former board member Lip-Bu Tan, sources say (Reuters)
Intel CEO Forced Out by Board Frustrated With Slow Progress (Bloomberg)
China retaliates against latest US chip restrictions (Financial Times)
Why does the name ‘David Mayer’ crash ChatGPT? Digital privacy requests may be at fault (TechCrunch)
The race is on to make AI agents do your online shopping for you (TechCrunch)

Mon. 12/02 – Gelsinger Out At Intel! Dec 02, 2024

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Pat Gelsinger is out at Intel. So where do they go from here? The first announces from the AWS re:Invent conference. More signs that crypto is in the ascendency. Elon files to block OpenAI from going for profit. Is he the greatest threat to that company? And a new startup taking on Nvidia.

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires (TechCrunch)
AWS opens physical outlets that let customers upload their data (TechCrunch)
Ripple-Linked XRP Soars to Third-Largest Token After Trump Win (Bloomberg)
Elon Musk files for injunction to halt OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit (TechCrunch)
Musk’s Rivals Fear He Will Target Them With His New Power (WSJ)
Bezos Backs AI Chipmaker Vying With Nvidia at $2.6 Billion Value (Bloomberg)
Open-source OpenWrt One router released at $89 — 'hacker-friendly device' sports two Ethernet ports, three USB ports, with dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (Tom's Hardware)

(BNS) The Challenger Disaster Nov 29, 2024

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It is maybe the one moment of tragedy where most 80s kids remember where they were when it happened. Today, RAD! 80s90s History is looking at the Challenger disaster.

Our guest is @fmanjoo

(BNS) The Answering Machine - With Toni Trucks! Nov 28, 2024

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Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an innovation explosion in communications technology. The history of the whole AT&T/Ma Bell breakup by the government. And how much did YOU beg your parents to get your own phone line in your bedroom?

The guest this episode is the actress Toni Trucks. @tonitrucks

Wed. 11/27 – OpenAI Suspends Sora Nov 27, 2024

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OpenAI has suspended access to Sora after an activist stunt. Anyone can train AI on your Bluesky posts, but that is by design, in a way. Elon is readying a straight ChatGPT competitor. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked (TechCrunch)
OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest (Washington Post)
Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for 'Machine Learning Research' (404Media)
Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game (WSJ)
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated (Wired)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World? (NYTimes)
Bad influence (The Verge)

Tue. 11/26 – Apple Going Too Thin Again? Nov 26, 2024

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Intel does get its money. Threads continues to feel the heat from Bluesky, and responds by… giving people what they want. The new Mate 70 flagship smartphone from Huawei. Is Apple trying to make the iPhone so thin it can’t put a sim card in it? And yes, the whole Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef.

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