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Mary Branscombe

@marypcbuk
295 posts
2026-04-20
Germany is so into industrial IoT that the whole ‘fourth wave’ terminology about it was in German first; lots of local predictive models; but I would laugh if they end up pushing genAI to make up for the failings of LibreOffice after pushing to dump Microsoft [embedded post]
2026-04-20 View on X
Reuters

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to ease the EU's “regulatory burden” on AI and possibly exempt industrial AI to boost productivity

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that artificial intelligence for industrial use will require more regulatory freedom …

2026-04-16
thin-skinned VCs getting ready to buy the next elections [embedded post]
2026-04-16 View on X
Bloomberg

Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donated $25M to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, bringing the group's total cash on hand to over $51M

That's a classic Azure deal (buy some Azure services/launch your own product on Azure marketplace) and lots of Coreweave leadership are ex Microsoft; they don't have a marketplace so taking a stake is the closest equivalent [embedded post]
2026-04-16 View on X
Bloomberg

Trading firm Jane Street takes an additional $1B stake in CoreWeave and plans to spend ~$6B to access CoreWeave's Nvidia Vera Rubin chips to build and deploy AI

2026-04-15
A lot of people want to put a LOT of internet satellites in LEO (only Amazon is trying to take the term as a service name) [embedded post]
2026-04-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple endorses the ~$11.6B Amazon-Globalstar deal, noting that it has a “proven track record” with Amazon infrastructure; Apple holds a ~20% stake in Globalstar

Amazon.com Inc.'s takeover of Globalstar Inc. is poised to benefit one of the company's biggest rivals in hardware devices: Apple Inc.

That's a classic Azure deal (buy some Azure services/launch your own product on Azure marketplace) and lots of Coreweave leadership are ex Microsoft; they don't have a marketplace so taking a stake is the closest equivalent [embedded post]
2026-04-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Trading firm Jane Street takes an additional $1B stake in CoreWeave and plans to spend ~$6B to access CoreWeave's Nvidia Vera Rubin chips to build and deploy AI

Jane Street Group, a trading firm, has taken an additional $1 billion stake in AI cloud services provider CoreWeave Inc. and plans …

I mean, Azure is still running a lot of OpenAI so those chips will still run some OpenAI at least! [embedded post]
2026-04-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Microsoft agrees to rent 30K Nvidia Vera Rubin chips from Nscale at a Narvik, Norway site that was initially intended for OpenAI, which marketed it for Stargate

thin-skinned VCs getting ready to buy the next elections [embedded post]
2026-04-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donated $25M to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, bringing the group's total cash on hand to over $51M

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee …

A lot of people want to put a LOT of internet satellites in LEO (only Amazon is trying to take the term as a service name) [embedded post]
2026-04-15 View on X
About Amazon

Amazon agrees to acquire satellite operator Globalstar, set to close in 2027, to expand Leo; Amazon and Apple say Leo will power some iPhone and Watch services

Globalstar would be its second-biggest deal ever I think: Whole Foods — $13.7B Globalstar — ~$11.6B announced / pending MGM — $8.45B One Medical — ~$3.9B Zoox — ~$1.3B Zappos — ~$1...

2026-04-14
A lot of people want to put a LOT of internet satellites in LEO (only Amazon is trying to take the term as a service name) [embedded post]
2026-04-14 View on X
About Amazon

Amazon agrees to acquire satellite operator Globalstar, set to close in 2027, to expand Leo; Amazon and Apple say Leo will power some iPhone and Watch services

Today Amazon.com, Inc. and Globalstar, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon …

I mean, Azure is still running a lot of OpenAI so those chips will still run some OpenAI at least! [embedded post]
2026-04-14 View on X
Bloomberg

Microsoft agrees to rent 30,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin chips from Nscale at a site in Norway that was initially intended for OpenAI and marketed as part of Stargate

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to rent data center capacity at a site in Norway that was initially intended for OpenAI and marketed …

2026-04-13
Before Jobs died he had effectively trained senior leaders at Apple to be mini-me's who knew his taste in their particular area and after he died Apple University replicated that training; it effectively preserved the company in amber.  Meta is having a go at scaling that [embedded post]
2026-04-13 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Meta is building photorealistic, AI-powered 3D characters; source: Mark Zuckerberg helped train and test his AI character to offer feedback to staff

Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead …

2026-04-07
Bit late for April Fools [embedded post]
2026-04-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more

The proposals are more serious than you might expect. …Viviana Jordan:If you're thinking about AI only as a tech issue, you're missing the bigger shift.  —  OpenAI just published a...

I assume the prediction markets haven't yet told Trump how they want to be classed [embedded post]
2026-04-07 View on X
Wired

The US IRS is yet to issue guidelines on whether prediction market gains should be taxed as derivatives, gambling winnings, or income, worrying accountants

Americans flocked to prediction markets last year.  Now, it's time to pay taxes on winnings.  How do you do that?  Great question.

Bit late for April Fools [embedded post]
2026-04-07 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI announces a Safety Fellowship program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to study the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems

A pilot program to support independent safety and alignment research and develop the next generation of talent

Hopefully the PQC algorithms we have are strong even though they aren't battle tested and commercial vendors have been adding them to products for a few years; what we need in organisations is for folks to turn them on and do the relevant cert management.  Not sure open source is as prepared? [embedded post]
2026-04-07 View on X
Filippo Valsorda

A cryptography engineer calls for an urgent rollout of quantum-resistant cryptography, saying the risk of inaction is now unacceptable, after Google's warning

My position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography has changed compared to just a few months ago.

2026-04-06
Bit late for April Fools [embedded post]
2026-04-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more

ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from rapid advancements in artificial intelligence

2026-03-31
As any competent leader would have expected 🤦‍♀️ [embedded post]
2026-03-31 View on X
The Hill

Iran says it will start targeting US tech companies such as Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla in the Middle East on Wednesday at 8pm local time

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East …

The competition to Starlink is taking off (Amazon has been putting birds up for a while but doesn't have the full constellation yet) [embedded post]
2026-03-31 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Amazon strikes a deal to provide internet access on Delta flights via its Leo satellite business, starting with 500 aircraft in 2028, without disclosing terms

Amazon's Leo service will start connecting a portion of Delta's fleet in 2028; Elon Musk's Starlink has become a dominant satellite connectivity provider to airlines

If the US wants the semiconductor manufacturing and rare earths things that come from Europe, they could try honouring the deal they already made with the UK instead of insisting we buy chlorinated chicken, but they're still coasting on “US rules the world” [embedded post]
2026-03-31 View on X
Financial Times

US CTO Ethan Klein plans to urge the UK and its allies to help “shore up” quantum computing supply chains at a London meeting, after a US-UK tech deal standoff

US CTO Ethan Klein seeks British co-operation amid stand-off over wider tech pact

As any competent leader would have expected 🤦‍♀️ [embedded post]
2026-03-31 View on X
Financial Times

Iran mobilizes its hackers to sow chaos, gather intel, and find targets; ex-CISA Director Chris Krebs says Iran is “throwing everything they have at this”

Tehran's cyber operatives have sought to sow fear and hoover up intelligence in series of attacks in Israel and the US  —  NEW