We sent Liz Lopatto to Musk v. Altman and all we got was this episode of Decoder
CapCut announced on X that users will “soon” be able to edit images and videos directly within the Gemini app using CapCut’s editing capabilities.
“As creative workflows become more connected and seamless, we believe the future of creation will be more conversational, intuitive, and intelligently integrated across tools and experiences.”
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary is one of the investors backing the Stratos Project, a colossal data center in Utah. It sounds like he has a few fans in the comments section.
Electric Mayhem:
Kevin O’Leary is the Donald Trump of Mark Cubans.
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The rocket company says it’s ‘highly dependent’ on Musk’s leadership. And that his other companies are possible competitors.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis made a bold claim at this year’s I/O keynote. Not so fast!
The company reported record overall revenue of $81.6 billion and record data center revenue of $75.2 billion, driven by continued demand for its chips in AI data centers.
Nvidia says its next-generation Vera Rubin AI chip is “on track for the second half of this year, starting in Q3,” but noted that PC sales are down due to the RAM shortage and price hikes.
[NVIDIA Newsroom]
A Brooklyn courthouse unsealed criminal complaints against two men who allegedly posted “thousands” of nonconsensual intimate AI deepfakes, according to the US Attorney’s Office. The Take It Down Act’s criminal prohibitions have been in place for a year, but platforms’ obligation to remove such deepfakes just came into force yesterday.
[U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York]
According to a memo seen by Reuters, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi said that the cuts will help the company focus on bets like adding AI into its services. The cuts represent about 17 percent of Intuit’s staff.
I’m ashamed to say I did poorly — only three out of 10 correct — but I’m glad I took it, it’s an interesting quiz. Heads up that it might be behind a paywall, though.
Update: Noted the potential paywall.
[The Wall Street Journal]
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
Update: Added NYT article about NextEra’s proposed deal to acquire Dominion Energy.
Joe Rogan accidentally asked a hard question! He noted that Andreessen has said that the people who are running AI haven’t done a good job explaining AI’s benefits. He asks Andreessen to do it. Andreessen’s pitch appears to be “thinking is too hard.” Well, increasingly, I do believe thinking is too hard… for Andreessen. The rest of us — you know, normal people — are thinking just fine.
