Tesla says a Model Y drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to a buyer's home 30 minutes away, marking its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery
The milestone was achieved a day early. But Tesla's robotaxis still require safety monitors and remote supervisors.
The term “context engineering” is gaining traction over “prompt engineering” as it better describes the skill of providing LLMs with the necessary information
I've spoken favorably of prompt engineering in the past - I hoped that term could capture the inherent complexity of constructing reliable prompts.
A look at “The List”, a compilation of the most talented AI engineers and researchers that Mark Zuckerberg has put together in an effort to recruit them to Meta
Only a select few researchers have the skills for the hottest area in tech. Mark Zuckerberg and his rivals want to hire them …
Experts detail how the Trump administration has seriously weakened the public-private partnerships that protect US critical infrastructure from cyberattacks
Recent federal cuts, reorganizations and other disruptions have alarmed industry leaders, who say the government is a less reliable partner even as cyber threats increase.
SCOTUS upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law
[This distinction is illusory. Today's AV technology is similarly prohibitive. No adult wants to provide their face just to watch porn.] … Evan Greer / @evangreer : this is bad in a variety of ways ...
Sources: Meta is looking to raise $3B in equity and $26B in debt, from private capital firms, including Apollo Global and KKR, to fund its data center build out
www.ft.com/content/aff1... @ivanthek : WTF? — This is not exactly a vote of confidence in their own strategy. — www.ft.com/content/aff1... [image] X: Luke Kawa / @ljkawa : Private credit and AI, ...
Canada orders Chinese video surveillance tech provider Hikvision to cease all operations and close its business in the country over national security concerns
Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly says that the government has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations in the country …
Trump says the US is “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada” in response to Canada's decision to impose a digital services tax on US tech firms
Talks Are Over Emma Roth / The Verge : Trump halts trade negotiations with Canada over tax on Big Tech. Tom Howell Jr / Washington Times : Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over digital tax Kris H...
The DOJ settles its lawsuit challenging HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper; HPE must divest Instant On and license the source code for Juniper's Mist AI software
The U.S. Department of Justice has settled its lawsuit challenging server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE.N) …
An in-depth look at how foreign scammers use US banks to facilitate large-scale transfers of funds stolen from victims of “pig butchering” scams overseas
- Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates …
Anthropic tested Claude's ability to manage a physical “storefront” to mixed results, as the AI struggled with pricing strategy and inventory management
Anthropic had sonnet-3.7 run a shop in their SF headquarters. It was tasked with running s profitable business — Their eye popping experiment is worth the read — Was it successful? No, it was to...
Source: OpenAI recently began renting Google's TPUs to power ChatGPT, marking its first significant use of non-Nvidia chips; Meta also considered using TPUs
OpenAI, one of the world's biggest customers of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, recently began renting Google's AI chips …
A look at AIFF 2025, Runway's third annual AI Film Festival featuring 10 shorts, as the film and TV industry remains divided over the role of AI in its future
We saw 10 AI films and interviewed Runway's CEO as well as Hollywood pros. — Last week, I attended a film festival dedicated to shorts made using generative AI.
A group of 17 GOP governors write to Senate majority leader and House speaker urging for the state AI bill moratorium to be removed from the reconciliation bill
Ashley Gold / Axios :
EQT agrees to sell Japanese automotive electronics manufacturer Pioneer for $1.1B to CarUX, a unit of Taiwan-listed Innolux specializing in smart cockpit tech
EQT AB agreed to sell Pioneer Corp. for $1.1 billion, marking the biggest exit in Japan for the Swedish buyout firm that sees Japan …
Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission
• developers can now link to promotions beyond their website without limits on URLs or UI — • users can now opt out of seeing the “scare sheet” that warns users about purchasing items outside the Ap...
Google launches Doppl, an experimental AI app to let users virtually try on outfits by generating videos from photos, available on iOS and Android in the US
Say Hello to Doppl Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Google's New Doppl App Lets You Try Out Outfits on the Fly Kahekashan / The Hans India : Google Launches Doppl: AI-Powered Virtual Try-On App for Fashion En...
Atlantic Council: US cyber power is hampered by an inefficient supply chain for zero days, with too few providers and “levels of middlemen” driving up costs
Atlantic Council research says market for zero days is bloated, leaving the US behind rivals such as China. — The Cyber Angle Bluesky: @patrickhowelloneill.com Bluesky: Patrick Howell O'Neill / @pat...
On the a16z podcast, Bryan Kim said a16z backed Cluely because speed in marketing and building beats crafting a perfect “artisan” product due to AI competition
“Cluely, a startup that claims to help users “cheat” on job interviews, exams, and sales calls, has raised a $15 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.” — techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/c... [imag...
NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content
A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms …
Sources: Big Fund III, China's main chip fund that has secured only a part of its $48B goal, plans to focus on key shortcomings in lithography and EDA software
China's main chip investment fund is planning to focus on the country's key shortcomings in sectors like lithography …
Sources: Applied Compute, a pre-launch reinforcement learning startup founded by three former OpenAI staffers, raised $20M at a $100M valuation led by Benchmark
The pre-launch reinforcement learning startup founded by Rhythm Garg, Linden Li and Yash Patil, is now valued at $100 million … Bluesky: @alexrkonrad . X: @alexrkonrad . LinkedIn: Alex Konrad Bluesky:...
Indian digital payments company Pine Labs files for an IPO in India to raise up to ~$304M; source: Pine Labs is seeking a valuation of between $5B and $6B
Vivek Kumar M / Reuters :
Sources: OpenAI is not releasing an internal paper on AI stages as it may complicate OpenAI's ability to declare AGI and block Microsoft from its tech
despite Sam Altman admitting today's tech isn't built for it Preston Gralla / Computerworld : Microsoft/OpenAI AGI argument unlikely to impact enterprise IT Bluesky: William Robinson / @williamrobinso...
Trump's tax bill expands Qualified Small Business Stock benefits for VCs, founders, startup staff, including increasing maximum tax-free gains from $10M to $15M
Ben Steverman / Bloomberg :
UK retailers are building an arsenal of anti-theft tech powered by AI, computer vision, and facial recognition, as organized crime fuels a shoplifting epidemic
Laura Onita / Financial Times : Bluesky: @robertscotthorton . LinkedIn: Frederic Halley Bluesky: Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : In May and June, a serial shoplifter posing as a workman in high-v...
At a “couples retreat” for human-AI pairs, users of services like Replika and Nomi grapple with the virtual reality and emotional limits of their partners
Sam Apple / Wired :
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