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Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 9. SpaceXAI and Cursor just shipped their first joint model, and it’s aimed squarely at billable-hour work like legal review and financial analysis, a direct swing at the enterprise ground Anthropic and OpenAI have been building on for months. Today we are covering: * SpaceXAI and Cursor launch Grok 4.5 , their first joint model built for legal, finance, and long-...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 2. OpenAI wants Washington to hold a direct stake in the company, and the $42.6 billion price tag turns a policy debate into a headline everyone will be talking about today. Today we are covering: * OpenAI proposes handing the US government a 5% stake to ease political pressure * Google ordered to pay a record €4.1 billion EU fine over Android antitrust practices...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 25. Today we are covering: * Apple hikes prices on Macs and iPads by up to $200 as memory chip costs surge amid the AI boom * Anthropic accuses Alibaba of using 25,000 fake accounts to extract Claude ‘s coding and AI capabilities * Commerce Secretary Lutnick signals a crackdown on Chinese humanoid robot imports as an “arms race” * Gemini in Chrome adds a “Select f...

Good morning! It’s Thursday, June 18. Today we are covering: * Meta ‘s AI-fueled engineering overhaul is backfiring badly, with mass reassignments, a catastrophic security breach, and an accelerating talent exodus * Apple is set to raise prices on its devices as memory supply costs climb * Microsoft and Amazon cloud services face a new EU antitrust crackdown * Cheap smart home gadgets sold by Amaz...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 11. Today we are covering: * Anthropic reverses course on Claude’s secret AI safeguard policy after backlash, promising more transparency * OpenAI reportedly weighs steep price cuts for ChatGPT as competition with Anthropic intensifies * FBI shuts down 13 Chinese-linked websites that used AI-generated personas to recruit Americans with security clearances * Apple...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 4. Today we are covering: * Companies using Reddit to feed AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google with fake promotional posts, gaming what the tools recommend * Google releases Gemma 4 12B , an open-source multimodal model that runs entirely on a standard 16GB laptop * OpenAI , Anthropic , Google DeepMind , and Microsoft AI CEOs sign letter urging Congress to regulat...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 28. Today we are covering: * Apple previews the biggest overhaul of iOS in years — a new Siri app with chat history, a dedicated AI camera mode, and generative photo editing tools arriving with iOS 27 * A Google engineer is under federal arrest for using internal search data to place winning Polymarket bets, netting $1.2 million under the alias AlphaRaccoon * Zucke...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 21. Today we are covering: * SpaceX officially files public IPO documents to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX * Google launches Antigravity 2.0 at Google IO with a new desktop app, CLI tool, SDK , and two new pricing tiers * Meta , Snap , and Roblox commit to tougher anti-grooming measures in the UK under Ofcom pressure — TikTok and YouTube passed * Tech wo...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 14. Today we are covering: * WhatsApp adds an incognito mode for Meta AI chats, with messages that disappear by default * AT&T , T-Mobile , and Verizon agree to form a joint venture for satellite-based coverage * Microsoft retires Copilot Mode on Edge , folding all AI features directly into the browser * Anthropic reinstates OpenClaw and third-party agent access on...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 7. Today we are covering: * xAI shares its Colossus 1 supercomputer with Anthropic in a surprise compute partnership * Thousands of vibe-coded apps are leaking corporate and personal data on the open web * Genesis AI unveils its first model and demos robotic hands solving a Rubik’s Cube * Shivon Zilis testimony in the Musk vs. Altman trial ends up hurting Musk ‘s o...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 30. Today we are covering: * Microsoft , Meta , and Alphabet each raised AI capital expenditure guidance but only one managed to convince investors * OpenAI’s Codex system prompt bans all discussion of goblins and tells the model to act as if it has a “vivid inner life” * Meta quietly re-entered crypto with stablecoin payouts for creators in Colombia and the Phil...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 23. Today we are covering: * Apple security fix — a bug that let police extract deleted messages from iPhones has been patched * X and Grok — the platform is handing timeline curation to its AI for Premium users * Microsoft and Cursor — why Microsoft passed on the AI coding startup SpaceX is now buying * AI workplace divide — top earners use AI daily at nearly 4x...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 16. Today we are covering: * You Switched to Claude Over Surveillance Fears. Now It Wants Your Passport * X rolls out ‘Cashtags’ for in-timeline crypto and stock data * Google ships its most expressive Gemini 3.1 text-to-speech model yet with 70+ language support * Introducing Claude Opus 4.7 * Amazon bets on Shenzhen smart warehouse to cut storage costs by 45 pe...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 9. Today we are covering: * Meta’s Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark * Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT * Hackers exploiting Acrobat Reader zero-day flaw since December * Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation * Amazon’s Starlink competitor Leo gets a new date This is a public episode....

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 4, and we’ll be taking tomorrow off in observance of Good Friday. Today we are covering: * FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a ‘major cyber incident’ * Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google * Tim Cook (Still) Believes in Crazy Ideas * Google AI Pro now comes with 5 TB of storage, no price increase * US...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, March 26. Today we are covering: * Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial * Melania and the Robot * Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029 , far sooner than previously thought * Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model * Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech . Mishaps, Delays and Challenges Abound. This is a pu...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, March 19. Today we are covering: * FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms * Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropic * Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal * Google offers voice-driven ‘vibe design’ tool to build UIs * Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down This is a public epis...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, March 12. Today we are covering: * You can now ask Google Maps ‘complex, real-world questions’ - and Gemini will answer * Microsoft launches Copilot Health , a dedicated space for personal health data and AI-driven insights * Elon Musk’s ‘Macrohard’ explained: A new Tesla xAI software project * Disney + is rolling out its TikTok-like ‘Verts’ short-form video feed * Ira...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, March 5. Today we are covering: * Big Tech pledges to cover AI data center power costs * Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran * OpenAI brings its Codex coding app to Windows * Microsoft built Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B to know when to think — and when thinking is a waste of time * Google Proposes to Share Play Store Catalog to Resolve Case This is...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 26. Today we are covering: * Gemini is getting its first agentic capabilities * Instagram to alert parents if teens search for self-harm content * Perplexity may have built a better OpenClaw * Critical Cisco SD-WAN bug exploited in zero-day attacks since 2023 * VW in robotaxi push to challenge Waymo and Tesla in self-driving race This is a public episode. If y...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 19. Today we are covering: * Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in LA social media safety trial * iOS 26.4 Brings CarPlay Support for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini * Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years * X’s ‘For You’ Algorithm May Be Able to Shift Political Views Permanently, New Study Finds * US plans online portal to bypass con...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 12. Today we are covering: * WhatsApp is now fully blocked in Russia * Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial * Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures , SpaceX merger * Amazon limits on Claude Code frustrate employees, including some who have to sell it to cloud customers * Covering electricity pric...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 5. Today we are covering: * Russian troops on front lines lose access to Starlink internet terminals, Ukraine says * Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users * GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents * Newsletter platform Substack notifies users of data breach * Britain to work with Microsoft to build deepfake detection system This is...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 29. Today we are covering: * Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production , converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots * OpenAI Wants To Use Biometrics To Kill Bots And Create Humans Only Social Network * Google Aims Knockout Blow at Chinese Company Linked to Massive Cyber Weapon * Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming de...

Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 22. Today we are covering: * Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI * China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff * Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon * X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow * Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles-...