1 After years of insults, Anthropic and SpaceX have teamed up 2 Ex-OpenAI leaders say Sam Altman sowed \u201cchaos\u201d and mistrust 3 China\u2019s humanoid robots are fueling its subsequent export growth 4 SpaceX\u2019s IPO plans will give Elon Musk \u201cjust about unchecked\u201d authority 5 Google DeepMind will use the MMORPG Eve On-line for AI mannequin testing 6 The US dangers isolating its automakers by banning a Chinese language EV customary 7 Elon Musk\u2019s proposed Texas chip manufacturing unit might price $119 billion 8 Why the \u201cattention-span disaster\u201d is misunderstood 9 Scientists are getting nearer to explaining what causes lightning<\/strong> 10 Children have discovered an age verification loophole: faux mustaches Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Mira Murati, the previous CTO of OpenAI, testifies \u200cin courtroom that CEO Sam Altman was misleading, Reuters experiences<\/a>.<\/p>\n One Extra Factor<\/strong><\/p>\n ALAMY<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n In the course of the Chilly Battle, the US ready for a psychic warfare with the Soviet Union and China by spending hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on analysis into manipulating the human mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n The science by no means precisely panned out, however residual beliefs fostered by this weird battle proceed to play a job in ideological and scientific debates to at the present time. And now, new applied sciences are altering how we take into consideration thoughts management.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Anthropic will faucet SpaceX\u2019s GPUs to fulfill surging demand. (Axios<\/a>)
+ Whereas SpaceX will get a marquee buyer for its AI ambitions. <\/em>(Wired<\/a> $)
+ Anthropic says the deal will double Claude Code\u2019s price limits.<\/em> (Ars Technica<\/a>)
+It\u2019s additionally exploring constructing compute capability in area.<\/em> (CNBC<\/a>)
+ Musk beforehand known as Anthropic \u201cevil\u201d and \u201cmisanthropic.\u201d<\/em> (Gizmodo<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Former CTO Mira Murati stated she couldn\u2019t belief his phrases. (The Verge<\/a>)
+ He additionally bypassed OpenAI\u2019s security board earlier than a mannequin launch.<\/em> (Gizmodo<\/a>)
+ And pitted leaders in opposition to each other.<\/em> (Forbes<\/a>)
+ However Elon Musk nonetheless tried to recruit Altman to steer a Tesla AI lab.<\/em> (FT<\/a> $)
+ Right here\u2019s why Musk and Altman are in courtroom.<\/em> (MIT Know-how Evaluate<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Morgan Stanley says Beijing has taken an early lead within the sector. (Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ Gig staff are coaching humanoids at house.<\/em> (MIT Know-how Evaluate<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>And erode typical shareholder protections. (Reuters<\/a> $)
+ Activists and pension funds are pushing again in opposition to the IPO.<\/em> (Wired<\/a> $)
+ Whereas SpaceX is shifting focus from Falcon 9 to Starship.<\/em> (Ars Technica<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>It\u2019s additionally purchased a stake within the recreation\u2019s maker. (Ars Technica<\/a>)
+ DeepMind additionally just lately constructed a brand new video-game-playing agent.<\/em> (MIT Know-how Evaluate<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>It\u2019s prohibiting software program that\u2019s dominating world EV markets. (Remainder of World<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>It could manufacture chips for Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. (CNBC<\/a>)
+ Future AI chips could possibly be constructed on glass. <\/em>(MIT Know-how Evaluate<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Know-how could also be exhausting consideration reasonably than shortening it. (Atlantic<\/a> $)<\/p>\n
New instruments are revealing sudden physics inside thunderstorms. (Quanta<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Resourceful youngsters are foiling blocks on grownup web sites. (TechCrunch<\/a>)<\/p>\n\u201cMy concern was about Sam saying one factor to at least one particular person and utterly the other to a different particular person.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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A short, bizarre historical past of brainwashing<\/strong><\/h4>\n