On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the “personal superintelligence”…
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Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym’s reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class’ waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US
AI has already had a significant impact on Amazon’s carbon emissions, which it reported were up 16% last year — the wrong direction for a company that…
Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision
Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between…
Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips
Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.
Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about “government by machines” and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry…
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution…