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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: META'S HARDWARE BLITZ Meta Launches $1,299 VR Headset That Look Like Glasses to Rival Apple Vision Pro Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX Meta introduces camera-free AI glasses Meta's Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it's tapping into a much newer trend WHO'S WATCHING (AND PRICING) YOU Seattle City...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! WHO GUARDS THE AI? Trump says no need for more AI regulation, slams Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei AI caught telling future versions of itself to bypass human controls, OpenAI reveals SECURITY WATCH Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts Keys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes PRICEY GADG...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: MY MUSE GIVES ME A HUG Meta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agent Hugging Face approached Nvidia's Huang weeks ahead of $12.9B acquisition Humans are "close to being outsmarted" by superintelligence, AI expert says CYBERCAB HITS THE ROAD House Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers Tesla Cybercab doesn't ha...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Artificial Intelligence, Ready or Not "Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts 'I'm not trying to convince you of anything': AI agents are now emailing researchers to talk about their consciousness NYC school system unveils aggressive restrictions on AI amid nationwide push Harvard's $699 startup bootcamp offers...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Artificial Intelligence, For Better or Worse This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature Goldman studied where AI is squeezing labor markets. Here's what it found Gadgets and Machines Fairphone's latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US Unitree shows off new Superman robot that it says can outrun Usain Bolt and ju...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! Rules, Courts, and Consequences France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls from August 11 France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s 'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows FlightAware Sues Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Prediction Markets Infrastructure Under Strain Water system controllers don't belong on...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! AI Music Under the Microscope Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo The AI Arms Race Anthropic's AI used fake human profiles to trick people in safety test It's official: Anthropic is building an in-house chip team for Claude Platform Shifts and Broken Promises Linux Desktop Market Share...

AI GOES ROGUE: BREAKOUTS & KILL SWITCHES OpenAI says Hugging Face breach caused by its models 'Unprecedented': OpenAI says AI models autonomously hacked another company Anthropic says three Claude models reached real-world systems during testing House AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms AI MEETS REAL LIFE AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as conf...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Robots & Medicine Humanoid Robots Just Performed Live Surgery for the First Time Ever First Robotic Single-Port Mastectomy in the U.S. by a Robot Named "Carol" Data, Privacy & Surveillance Scott McNealy: "You Have Zero Privacy Anyway. Get Over It" WNBA Players Scored a Historic Labor Contract — With One Big Caveat Nearly a...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI FRONTIER & FALLOUT It's Not About Anthropic vs. OpenAI Anymore Asian AI Startups Launch Mythos-Like Models Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Fable 5 Makes a Dramatic Return Ford Rehires 'Gray Beard' Engineers After AI Falls Short AI Is Creating America's Next Underclass MONEY, MARKETS & CRYPTO Big Tech and Wall...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI Frontier Anthropic's Mythos model found vulnerabilities in classified US government systems Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack Robots & the Road Waymo recalls about 3,900 robotaxis after some drove into freeway construction zones Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBan...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI FRONTIER & POLICY When AI builds itself Statement on the US directive to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 US warned Anthropic that Fable 5 was jailbroken, firm 'refused' to fix it Amazon CEO's talks with US officials triggered the crackdown A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs BIG TECH DEALS &...

In this episode: AI INDUSTRY & BUSINESS Anthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SEC Elon Musk Laid Out 602 Goals. We Counted How Many He Hit. 'Disrupted or dead': AI is crushing a generation of startups built before ChatGPT AI SAFETY & POLICY Dario Amodei: "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power" Trump signs AI safety order seeking voluntary review of new model...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI's Money & Power Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup Anthropic releases new model, Opus 4.8 AI sticker shock hits corporate America AI model simulation: Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. Gemini Google hates you AI Agents Take Action Your AI agent can now trade for you on Robinhood Robinhood lets customer...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI & AUTOMATION Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months for all white-collar work to be automated AI backlash becomes a real business risk OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time Spotify launching verification badges for podcasts to help listeners avoid AI slop Gemini will use Volvo's external ca...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI SECURITY & THE BUG HUNT Mythos finds a curl vulnerability Anthropic's Mythos is already finding security flaws in Apple software Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation BIG TECH & AI PLATFORMS Apple could open up iOS 27 to competing AI models Introducing Googlebook, designed for...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI & Big Tech Anthropic strikes compute deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code Disney is reportedly building a unified "super app" Gmail's "Help me write" learns to sound like you Meta will track employee mouse movements and keystrokes — for AI training Privacy & Policy Utah becomes firs...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI Frontier Anthropic's New Mythos A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox Sam Altman compares Mythos to dropping a bomb while selling a $100B bomb shelter Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 7-0 wipeout: ChatGPT-5.5 vs...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI and the Workplace As AI Use Increases at Work, Many Employees Still Choose Not to Use It LinkedIn Data Shows AI Isn't to Blame for Hiring Decline... Yet Uber CTO Says AI Spending Plans Fall Short Allbirds Pivots to Become AI Services Company Security and Cryptography Hong Kong Police Can Force You to Reveal Your Encryption Keys...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OpenAI Raises Record $122B at $852B Valuation as IPO Buzz Intensifies Anthropic Says Its Latest AI Model Is Too Powerful for Public Release Anthropic Debuts Preview of Powerful New AI Model Mythos in New Cybersecurity Initiative Microsoft Says Copilot Is for Entertainment Purposes Only, Not Serious Use Utah...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI Models & Big Money Anthropic Is Testing 'Mythos,' Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet Anthropic Leaked 500,000 Lines of Its Own Source Code OpenAI Raises Record $122B at $852B Valuation Google Employees Have a New AI Tool Called 'Agent Smith' Meta Is Running Intensive AI Training Weeks for Employees AI Policy & National Secu...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: PRODUCTS AND PLATFORMS OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Sora Video App Just Months After Launch New Ways to Create Faster with Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive Mozilla to Launch Free Built-In VPN in Upcoming Firefox 149 BUSINESS AND MARKETS SpaceX to File for US IPO as Soon as This Week Claude AI Maker Anthropic Said to Weigh I...

In this episode: AI, Military & Politics US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump calling Anthropic a 'Radical Left AI company' — The Guardian Hundreds of Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter urging limits on military AI — TechRadar ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge 295% After OpenAI Accepts Pentagon Contract — eWeek AI Industry & Workforce Block CFO confirms AI caus...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Several Meta employees have started calling themselves 'AI builders' Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users, researcher claims Forget solid-state batteries – researchers have made a lithium-ion breakthrough that could boost range and drastically lower costs Uber acquiring parking app SpotHero as it moves be...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more OpenClaw founder Steinberger joins OpenAI, open-source bot becomes foundation Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute '...