Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures
The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground — literally. The first flight was only in March. The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground — literally. The first flight was only in March.
Matt: Maker Taker
My sister Charleen sent me this meme with the note “Someone needs to draw you in there with your arm up ” It’s a nice ode to the Dries essay on Maker/Taker problems. Well, thanks to the magic of AI, I asked the Nano Banana AI Studio to “make it so on the bottom one […]
Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?
This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea.
Matt: Breaking Ribs
Chris Young, who is otherwise famous for being a co-author of the 2,438-page cookbook Modernist Cuisine or centrifuging steaks and drinking them, is one of the friends who, over the years, has told me I have to watch Breaking Bad, the TV show. When I was in Marrakech for a few weeks earlier this year, and it was a […]
EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it. This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it.
The growing debate over expanding age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy. As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company’s board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion. Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company’s board wants far less than that in […]
OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models’ behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company. OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models’ behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.
Screw the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers
Writers aren’t getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI — this is just a costly slap on the wrist for Anthropic because it illegally downloaded books instead of buying them. Writers aren’t getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI — this is just a costly slap on the […]
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down. Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down.