Tech Updates

Apple is reportedly considering using competitors' AI models for Siri, while Google has updated its Gemini AI family with new Pro and Flash-Lite models and has also begun rolling out Android 16. In other AI developments, Meta has launched a super-lab for its next generation of AI. In business and technology news, Microsoft is changing Windows to prevent system catastrophes by moving antivirus soft...

Inside ChatGPT, AI assistants, and building at OpenAI — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXyXP3yYZ4

Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check https://youtu.be/EO3_qN_Ynsk

Three Inherent Risks of Large Language Models https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/x3pjfgo2d0mfpw2iy1cta/content_to_share.txt?rlkey=n4m61r0fqocytru0acdkztmxz&dl=1

The Dia browser   https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0o1108yye1lss5k1ue6y6/dia.txt?rlkey=3n9pfa26ws4hhngydd8cg9x8a&e=1&dl=0

In Israeli tech, the first half of 2025 saw record fundraising, alongside the establishment of a new defense tech investment fund by former intelligence and Air Force veterans. Separately, Shlomo Kramer's Cato Networks raised $359 million at a $4.8 billion valuation. In the AI sector, OpenAI is fighting talent poaching attempts by Meta, while Anthropic tested its AI, Claude, by having it manage a...

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on AI, monetization, and the future of online dating | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/687683/hinge-ceo-justin-mcleod-dating-app-ai-relationships-tinder

Satya Nadella | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner https://youtube.com/watch?v=9NtsnzRFJ_o&si=x-tVkgjvpG22I-RP

An Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction — LessWrong https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kyc5dFDzBg4WccrbK/an-intuitive-explanation-of-solomonoff-induction

LoRA Explained: Efficiently Personalizing Large AI Models https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/6boeio53wmrqzvhun3lov/content_to_share-1.txt?rlkey=zqd71u8zy4vhi0kh2v11xftvn&dl=1

60-Minute Podcast Episode: What is Context Engineering?[Intro Music Fades In a - Pastebin.com https://pastebin.com/chW4jZJQ

Major tech companies are integrating AI into their services: Google is adding AI search to YouTube, and Meta is rolling out AI-generated summaries for private messages on WhatsApp. Anthropic is exploring AI's potential in gaming, aiming to evoke the spirit of Flash games, while another piece discusses an attempt to have an AI beat a Geoguessr master. On a broader scale, Armin Ronacher writes about...

Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/apple-foundation-models-2025-updates

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman feature in recent news, with Altman leading an $80 million funding round for a robotic delivery company. At the same time, OpenAI is reportedly considering an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, and its ChatGPT technology is said to be impacting common language usage. In other AI and robotics developments, Tesla's initial robotaxi rides will include a human safety...

Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton https://youtu.be/giT0ytynSqg

Sam Altman on AGI, GPT-5, and what’s next — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9mjd-65gw

Andrej Karpathy: Software Is Changing (Again) https://pastebin.com/tFZi8TtB

Quantum mechanics provide truly random numbers on demand https://phys.org/news/2025-06-quantum-mechanics-random-demand.html

Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apples-craig-federighi-on-the-long-road-to-the-ipads-mac-like-multitasking

God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro https://www.latent.space/p/o3-pro

In recent tech funding news, AI food-tech company Tastewise raised $50 million, while cyber company Cyera raised $540 million at a $6 billion valuation, and Vast Data is reportedly raising funds at a $25 billion valuation. On the startup front, executives from WalkMe founded a new AI agent company, and the Andreessen Horowitz fund is looking to invest in Israeli entrepreneurs at the earliest stage...

With the launch of o3-pro, let’s talk about what AI “reasoning” actually does - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/with-the-launch-of-o3-pro-lets-talk-about-what-ai-reasoning-actually-does

Apple announced macOS Tahoe 26 to make the Mac more capable, productive, and intelligent, while also supercharging its tools and technologies for developers. Android 16 has arrived, featuring iPhone-style Live Updates. Microsoft Edge is gaining an AI-powered browser history search that can handle typos. In a surprise deal, OpenAI has partnered with its AI rival, Google Cloud. An article also discu...

Review: Are XREAL's glasses the first step to a world without screens? We tested https://htmag.co.il/xreal-one.html

Android 16: Productivity, security and more features on Android https://blog.google/products/android/android-16