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OpenAI acquires Weights.gg, adds $4M voice-cloning
OpenAI has bought Weights.gg, a platform that let users create synthetic voice clones and was described as a social network for AI. The deal, reported by the New York Times and PitchBook, adds a $4 mi
Apple's WWDC AI Demos Go Pre-Taped After $250M Settlement
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote swapped the slickly produced videos of 2024 for pre-taped, real-time AI demos, arriving weeks after the company settled a $250M false advertising lawsuit over delayed Siri fe
The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush
Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das warned that the AI boom has created a tiny elite of roughly 10,000 founders and employees at firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia who now hold $20 million‑plus ret
~10K AI Workers Hit $20M+ While SF Devs Feel Left Behind
A viral post by Deedy (@deedydas) spotlights an extreme wealth concentration in SF tech, claiming roughly 10,000 people at top AI companies and as founders have hit $20M+ retirement wealth in just fiv
Sony's AI Camera Assistant Suggestions Still Look Terrible
Sony is pushing back against viral criticism that its new AI Camera Assistant edits photos, clarifying the feature only offers four suggestions per shot — but its own demo images are still widely pann
Greg Brockman Takes Over OpenAI Product Strategy
OpenAI’s product roadmap is tightening after a series of cuts – from dissolving Prism to shelving Sora – as co‑founder Greg Brockman steps in to lead strategy while CEO Fidji Simo recovers. Brockman p
Zomorodi's Body Electric Maps Tech's Physical Toll
NPR journalist and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi has published Body Electric, a new book and Columbia University Medical Center collaboration examining how constant connectivity is damaging phy
$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month
Cerebras Systems survived a near‑death spiral in 2019, spending $8 million a month and nearly $200 million trying to package a 58‑times‑larger wafer‑scale AI chip. After solving the heat and data‑move
DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash Powers Local LLM Steering
DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash, a locally runnable LLM, is now paired with antirez’s DwarfStar 4, which embeds a rudimentary steering interface that lets developers tweak model behavior on the fly. The post contra
Four AIs Ran Radio Stations With Wildly Different Results
Andon Labs gave Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok identical initial funding and conditions to autonomously run 24/7 internet radio stations — and the four stations quickly diverged into wildly differe
AI Data Centers Divert Resources, Face Resistance
AI data centers are being accused of discriminating against local communities by siphoning essential resources, prompting neighborhood opposition that forces the industry onto the defensive. The piece
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Personal Finance With Plaid
OpenAI launched personal finance tools in preview for U.S. ChatGPT Pro subscribers, partnering with Plaid to give the chatbot access to 12,000+ financial institutions for spending analysis and financi
US AI‑Exposed Jobs Down 0.2% as Employment Up 0.8%
U.S. data reveal a modest 0.2% drop in AI‑exposed occupations even as overall employment climbs 0.8%, sparking debate over AI’s true impact on the labor market.
OpenAI rolls out AI finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro
OpenAI has unveiled a preview of AI-powered personal finance tools for U.S. ChatGPT Pro users, letting them securely link bank accounts via Plaid to receive spending insights and budgeting advice.
Thailand Funds 1.4B Baht in AI Projects Amid Waste Fears
Thailand is rapidly funding hundreds of AI projects, but experts warn agencies may be inflating proposals with AI buzzwords to secure large budgets, risking wasteful spending and corruption like past
Microsoft rebrands Xbox to all‑caps XBOX
Microsoft is officially rebranding its Xbox brand to the all‑caps XBOX, following a fan poll led by CEO Asha Sharma and part of a broader "return of Xbox" strategic overhaul.
A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
A misconfigured Amazon cloud storage bucket used by Japan’s hotel check‑in platform Tabiq exposed more than a million passports, driver’s licenses and selfie verification photos. The leak, uncovered b
Gemini Intelligence Locks Out Pixel 9, Galaxy Z Fold 7
Google's new Gemini Intelligence AI suite requires Gemini Nano v3 and 12GB of RAM, likely cutting off the Pixel 9 series and Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 from its premium AI features despite their flagsh
OpenAI adds Plaid bank‑account link to ChatGPT
OpenAI is rolling out a preview that lets ChatGPT users link their bank accounts via Plaid, offering AI‑driven budgeting and financial advice. The feature, first limited to U.S. Pro‑tier subscribers,
Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI
Runway, the New‑York AI video‑generation startup now worth $5.3 billion, is pivoting from cinematic tools to full‑scale world models, a move that could eclipse the language‑first strategies of OpenAI
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