Sora is already hosting bootleg content from Disney.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
Sora Disney
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok
Financial Times · 2025-12-13 · #12
Sources say the Trump administration is drafting a national cyber strategy to enlist private companies to carry out offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-13
Trump administration private companies offensive cyberattacks foreign adversaries
Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber strategy that would enlist private companies to mount offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries
Bloomberg · 2025-12-13 · #6
David Sacks says China is rejecting Nvidia's H200 chips because it seeks semiconductor independence and will prop up and subsidize Huawei.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-13
David Sacks China is rejecting Nvidia H200 AI chips China wants semiconductor independence China will prop up and subsidize Huawei
David Sacks says China is rejecting Nvidia's H200 AI chips, because the country wants “semiconductor independence” and to “prop up and subsidize Huawei”
Bloomberg · 2025-12-13 · #30
Viewers/users reported that the AI-generated Fallout recap contained key plot errors, which led to Amazon removing the recaps.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
viewers users Fallout AI-generated recap
Amazon Prime Video pulls its AI recaps, which it began testing in November, for Fallout, Bosch, and other shows after users noticed errors in the Fallout recaps
The Verge · 2025-12-13 · #31
Steve Bannon says that Sacks misled President Trump.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-13
Steve Bannon Sacks Trump
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
Axios · 2025-12-13 · #7
Tamela Ehlinger states that nobody aside from 'racist freaks' wants to return to X, expressing refusal to go back.
denied 1 article 2025-12-12
Tamela Ehlinger X
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
Alex Heath interviewed X's head of product Nikita Bier about X's efforts to bring journalists back and published the conversation.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Alex Heath Nikita Bier
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
Casey Newton asserts that X has reached a stage of decline described as 'begging us to come back.'
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Casey Newton X
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
David Lovett expresses skepticism that promises about the algorithm will reassure elite journalists, suggesting the promise will be attractive despite risks.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
David Lovett Nikita Bier's promise
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
E.W. Niedermeyer labels the pitch to bring journalists back as 'FAKE NEWS', denying its validity.
denied 1 article 2025-12-12
E.W. Niedermeyer Nikita Bier's pitch
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
Robert Reich criticizes Time's choice and asserts it benefits owner Marc Benioff and promotes oligarchy over free speech.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Robert Reich Time Marc Benioff
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
Time · 2025-12-12 · #41
X (via Nikita Bier) claims the rebuilt recommendation algorithm will not use keyword suppression or manual downranking.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
X Nikita Bier keyword suppression manual downranking
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
Scott Horton publicly criticizes Time's Person of the Year selection and suggests owner self-promotion.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Scott Horton Time
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
Time · 2025-12-12 · #41
Ketan Joshi questions whether journalists ever left X, challenging the premise that they need to be 'lured back'.
denied 1 article 2025-12-12
Ketan Joshi journalists leaving X
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
China is boosting its influence in the region, a contextual factor mentioned alongside the subsea cable announcement.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
China Pacific region Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region
Reuters · 2025-12-12 · #19
Substack rolled the change back for Gergely Orosz after his complaint.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Substack Gergely Orosz
[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters, but says it reverted the change after complaints
@gergelyorosz · 2025-12-12 · #30
Sources say the proposed rewrite would copy text verbatim from California's SB 53 into the RAISE Act.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-12
RAISE Act California SB 53
Sources: New York's governor proposes rewriting the RAISE Act, the AI bill that passed NY legislature in June, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53
Transformer · 2025-12-12 · #23
Subscribers and writers complained about the app-only feature and its effect on newsletter delivery.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
subscribers writers Substack
[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters, but says it reverted the change after complaints
@gergelyorosz · 2025-12-12 · #30
Sky Marchini mocks the claim that X will not use keyword suppression or manual downranking, signaling disbelief.
denied 1 article 2025-12-12
Sky Marchini no keyword suppression or manual downranking
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Sources · 2025-12-12 · #9
Critics allege Marc Benioff stands to gain from promoting AI through his ownership of Time.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-12
Marc Benioff AI Time
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
Time · 2025-12-12 · #41
Ryan Iyengar describes Dettmers' argument as a solid first-principles reason why the classical definition of AGI won't happen.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Ryan Iyengar Tim Dettmers' argument
An Ai2 research scientist says AGI may never emerge because such a concept ignores the physical realities and limits of computation, such as energy constraints
Tim Dettmers · 2025-12-11 · #6
Tech leaders express concern about a U.S.-China 'electron gap'.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
tech leaders U.S. China
China's power grid, the world's largest, gives it an edge in the global AI contest, helping Chinese companies develop AI models more cheaply than US competitors
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-11 · #18
Tim Dettmers publishes a blog post arguing that AGI will not happen due to the physical reality of computation and energy constraints.
denied 1 article 2025-12-11
Tim Dettmers AGI physical limits of computation
An Ai2 research scientist says AGI may never emerge because such a concept ignores the physical realities and limits of computation, such as energy constraints
Tim Dettmers · 2025-12-11 · #6
Travis Beals, a Google executive, estimated it would take about 10,000 satellites (at ~100 kW each) to match the compute capacity of a gigawatt-scale data center.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-11
Travis Beals Google (executive) 10,000 satellites ≈ gigawatt-scale data center (assuming 100 kW satellites)
Sources: Blue Origin has worked for over a year on tech for orbital AI data centers; SpaceX plans to use upgraded Starlink satellites for AI computing payloads
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-11 · #49
Ali Minai characterizes the piece as an interesting contribution to AGI skepticism, noting its points about the physical nature of computation.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Ali Minai Tim Dettmers' argument
An Ai2 research scientist says AGI may never emerge because such a concept ignores the physical realities and limits of computation, such as energy constraints
Tim Dettmers · 2025-12-11 · #6
Sung Kim shares and recommends Tim Dettmers' blog post 'Why AGI Will Not Happen,' emphasizing examination of computation's physical realities.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Sung Kim Tim Dettmers' blog post
An Ai2 research scientist says AGI may never emerge because such a concept ignores the physical realities and limits of computation, such as energy constraints
Tim Dettmers · 2025-12-11 · #6
An AI2 research scientist argues AGI may never emerge, citing the physical realities and limits of computation such as energy constraints.
denied 1 article 2025-12-11
AI2 research scientist AGI
An Ai2 research scientist says AGI may never emerge because such a concept ignores the physical realities and limits of computation, such as energy constraints
Tim Dettmers · 2025-12-11 · #6
Park Dae-jun failed to prevent the data breach at Coupang that exposed the personal data of over 30 million people.
failed 1 article 2025-12-10
Park Dae-jun South Korea's largest-ever data breach
Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea's largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M+ people was compromised
Bloomberg · 2025-12-10 · #33
Social media backlash prompted McDonald's Netherlands to withdraw the AI-generated Christmas ad.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
social media AI-generated Christmas ad McDonald's Netherlands
McDonald's Netherlands pulls an AI-generated Christmas ad, made by ad agency TBWA\NEBOKO with film production company The Sweetshop, after social media backlash
Futurism · 2025-12-10 · #15
Sources say Lip-Bu Tan's simultaneous roles as Intel CEO and longtime venture investor have caused consternation within Intel and across the tech industry.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-10
Lip-Bu Tan Intel tech industry
Sources: Lip-Bu Tan's dual roles as Intel CEO and tech investor cause consternation in the industry and at Intel; four ex-Intel execs say it caused them to exit
New York Times · 2025-12-10 · #19