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Small plane crashes into Beijing’s tallest building

Debris seen falling from Citic Tower after propeller aircraft hits skyscraper in Chinese capital’s central business district

Apple M7 chips: it’s skipping the high-end M6

Apple is breaking its own playbook. It will skip the high-end versions of its M6 chip and leap to an AI-focused M7 line. Apple M7 chips, not the M6, will power its best Macs from 2027.

onsemi Synaptics deal: a $7bn bet on physical AI

onsemi is buying Synaptics in an all-stock deal worth about $7bn. The onsemi Synaptics deal bets that AI’s next wave lives not in the cloud, but in cars, factories and robots.

AWS Co-Founder Matt Domo: Why AI Investments are Stalling

Matt Domo, Co-Founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS) explains how organisations can move from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale execution

Drum Tower newsletter: Who is behind China’s latest AI breakthrough?

This is the introduction to Drum Tower, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our writers explain what the world makes of China—and what China makes of the world.

California launches first AI job-loss tracker

California has built the first state tool to watch for AI wiping out jobs. The early read: no mass layoffs yet, but warning signs are flashing in the Bay Area and among college-educated workers.

Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse

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OpenAI's Jalapeño chip is Big Tech's spiciest move away from Nvidia

Equity digs into what the custom chip trend means for the industry, AI 'loops,' and a few deals of the week worth watching.

Patronus AI raises $50M to stress-test AI agents

Patronus AI has raised $50m to build simulated worlds where AI agents can be tested before they touch a real system. The pitch borrows from Waymo: train in a replica before you trust the road.

Stability at Speed: Navigating AI in Dog Years

Jill Daley, Vice President of Digital at Two Six Technologies, explains why lessons can be learned from delivering just-in-time agentic orchestration

The Five Questions That Turn a Messy Task Into an AI Loop (+ the prompts to map yours)

We have forgotten how much work we do in the age of apps.

Executive Briefing: Cheap Intelligence Won't Matter If Your Context Is Trapped

A few days ago I thought this week's briefing would be a pricing story.