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Google caps Meta’s Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity

Surging appetite for advanced models is turning computing power into the tech industry’s scarcest commodity

Inside Rolls-Royce’s quest to return to powering short-haul aircraft

CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç is seeking state backing for an engine it hopes will power the next generation of narrow-body jets

Chinese tech hub’s shift into robotaxis leaves drivers by the wayside

Shenzhen expands driverless vehicles as growing automation drive threatens gig economy workforce

Everyone Gets an Agent. Almost No One Gets the Model.

Plus: A compound engineering update and a doctor’s take on Midjourney’s full-body scanner

Teenage Engineering adds lo-fi mode, USB audio, and more to its KO II sampler

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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk's orbital data center hype

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.

Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’

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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI

Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.

Cloudflare's engineering headcount surged 45% after it cut 1,100 jobs, and its CEO has a framework for who survives AI

Cloudflare’s engineering team grew 45% even after mass layoffs, as CEO Prince says AI kills “measurer” roles while builders and sellers survive.

Silicon Valley paid to kill AI regulation, now it wants the rules back

AI executives who funded Trump’s deregulation push now want a formal framework after chaotic export controls and model restrictions.

The Guardian’s Kai Wright refuses to buy a new phone

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The Dude abides AI slop, apparently.

Jeff Bridges is best known as an actor. But he’s also a reasonably accomplished musician who’s put out records on Blue Note and worked with T Bone Burnett. Which makes it all the more depressing when he fired up Suno on This Past Weekend with Theo Von.