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Public opinion of the AI industry is already sinking. A parade of seemingly untrustworthy executives makes it look worse. Ultimately, Musk v. Altman was a battle about control—and even though claims were dismissed, some of the trial takeaways were damning. www.theverge.com/ai-…

Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people | The Verge theverge.com

For years, Microsoft’s AI business leaned hard on its exclusive relationship with OpenAI. But the drama-filled partnership devolved into a situationship — and then a separation. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the new freedom changes everything. With @tomwarren.co.uk www.thever…

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth. theverge.com

After about two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. They found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations (& a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these). www.theverge.com/ai-a…

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Seattle's city council will vote today on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers—just 2 months after 5 large-scale centers were proposed. Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters are employees of the city’s biggest tech giant, Amazon. www.theverge.com/ai-…

Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers theverge.com

The US military has backed AI development for decades; in turn, AI has transformed warfare. Amid shifting alliances & lawsuits, it’s easy to lose sight of the larger context: In recent years in particular, AI has enabled more and faster killings than ever before. www.theverge.…

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Three Amazon software engineers testified at June Seattle City Council hearings about data centers, encouraging regulation. Since then, the city passed a one-year data center pause. Now the employees say Amazon is retaliating—& called them into HR meetings. www.theverge.com/ai…

Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits theverge.com

NEW: Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5. The Trump administration torpedoed Anthropic's newest, most powerful model. Sources told me the AI lab & other industry leaders spent the weekend trying to explain that Fable 5 wasn’t *too* powerful. Gift link: www.theverge.com/ai-ar…

Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5 theverge.com

In the journey of AI agents, so far I've seen the year of ideation, the year of deployment & the year of experimentation. Now, if Google’s promises at Google I/O is to be believed, we may finally arrive at a new milestone: the year of usefulness. (TBD...) www.theverge.com/ai-a…

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If you wanted to see the trophy that Dario Amodei and David Luan gave Josh Achiam in 2018, after he sparred with Elon Musk at an all-hands Q&A (when Musk was departing the OpenAI board, and Achiam expressed his concerns that Musk was "racing towards AGI" at any cost)... Here.

between stories, had a blast today going on Vergecast Live to talk about Google's AI strategy and potential wins and losses. avail on youtube or wherever you get your podcasts!