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AI is booming on the App Store, and developers are taking advantage of it

Many high-ranking AI apps feel like an attempted cash grab, and it’s not easy to spot the trash from the treasure.

Jess Weatherbed
OpenAI has finally released SoraOpenAI has finally released Sora
Emma Roth, Kylie Robison and 1 more
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger is tweeting through it.

Did Intel’s board “retire” him because he botched something, or did it rug pull before he could finish the job? Either way, Gelsinger is now praying for Intel’s employees and defending its all-important 18A silicon process on X. He agrees it’s “fake news” that yields are bad, and explains yields depend on chip size. (You can fit more tiny chips on a wafer than big ones!)

Mia Sato
Mia Sato
He may bring you happiness.

I always love seeing what famous people’s phones look like, and almost did a spit take at this clip of a Spanish politician’s Sonny Angel attachment.

Óscar Puente, minister of transport and sustainable mobility, is apparently a fan of the viral miniature cherub dolls that have amassed an almost cult-like following.

Friend’s AI chatbots have issues — and they want your help

Friend just raised another $5.4 million to bring AI friends into the real world.

Kylie Robison
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Are the jobs LLMs most effectively automate... actually management?

Henry Farrell, co-author of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy, notices that LLMs do an awful lot of things done by middle management. What if the wrong people are worried that AI will take their jobs?

The Management Singularity

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Andru Marino
Do you use a Bluetooth turntable?

Though I like the idea of wirelessly connecting to a record player, I rarely use that function. If you do, let me know why!