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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Former Tesla AI boss Andrej Karpathy is joining Anthropic.

Karpathy, who had also been on the founding team of OpenAI, says he will be working on R&D at Anthropic. Previously, he had been working on “new kind of school that is AI native,” and he says he’s still “deeply passionate about education” and plans to go back to it “in time.”

A screenshot of an X post from Andrej Karpathy. It says: “Personal update: I’ve joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.”
A screenshot of an X post from Andrej Karpathy.
Image: Andrej Karpathy on X
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Spotify is verifying podcasts made by real people too.

After launching the Verified by Spotify badge for musicians a few weeks ago, the service now has a sticker for podcasters who actually exist in real life, as AI-generated podslop floods RSS feeds.

It’s also “reaffirming” its unauthorized impersonation policy, saying it will remove podcasts that copy someone else’s likeness without permission, whether through AI cloning or any other method.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Congress wants to shake down EV owners.

A bipartisan bill that was just introduced in the House would levy an annual fee of $130 on everyone who owns an electric vehicle. The reasoning is that EV owners need to help pay for road and infrastructure improvements, since they don’t pay the gas tax that funds the Highway Trust Fund. But EV advocates are miffed that they’re being asked to pay almost twice what the average car owner pays each year in gas taxes, especially at a time when high gas prices are leading some consumers to give EVs a new look.

America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here

The Take It Down Act is in full force, but it could be a gift to government censors — not victims of image-based sexual abuse.

Lauren Feiner
The Mandalorian and Grogu should have been a season of TV

The new Star Wars movie isn’t strong enough to get the franchise back on track.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Fortnite returns to the App Store globally.

iPhone and iPad users in the European Union, Japan, and other countries can now download Fortnite directly from the App Store, Epic Games announced on Tuesday:

Fortnite is returning to the App Store now because we are confident that once Apple is forced to show its costs, governments around the world will not allow Apple junk fees to stand.

Epic Games brought Fortnite back to the US App Store last year following a legal win against Apple. It’s still not available in Australia, however.

These are the robot vacuum-mops I recommend for every type of home

The right robot for your home has less to do with specs and everything to do with your floors, rugs, clutter, and general tolerance for robot nonsense.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
A strong brand identity.

Look, I’m not saying Sony’s audio naming scheme is good, per se, but you can’t deny it’s distinct. Is it really willing to throw that away?

Hoto:

Are we sure the initial reporting is correct? Isn’t a Sony product more likely to be named the WH-C0113-X10N?

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