John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… In recent years, Apple has taken on a reputation for trailing competitors in the AI race. …
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Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
… The details that come out in the trial about OpenAI “will absolutely change its reputation, if it’s still trying to claim it’s doing this in some high-minded, ‘we want to make AI safe for humanity’ way,” said Deven Desai, a professor of business law and ethics at the Georgia Institute of Technology… …
Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
… Still, it’s a rapid escalation in a phenomenon I’ve been tracking for months: AI industry super PACs gaining their own political reputations, reflecting the companies and founders who fund them, then using those reputations to fight each other. …
Grok schlock panned by fed flock
… In its filing, the company warned Grok’s “spicy” or “unhinged” modes carry “heightened risks,” including reputational damage, regulatory scrutiny, and lawsuits. …
The military embraced AI long before Claude
… This becomes a really important moment where the artillery fire team realizes that AI can help them speed up their operations and targeting. It becomes much more explicit that intelligence is going to feed into operations. …
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor
… He’s also a shit magnet that could do serious damage to SpaceX’s reputation. …
Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough
…It is not competing with any reputable for-profit companies. But leave that all aside and assume that some fundraising genius took over at the OpenAI Foundation: $3 billion is the initial…
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
… The company has built its reputation and success on being willing and able to test, fail, and iterate again, and on not being afraid of controversy or of pouring money into projects like Starship that may never really be financially viable on their own. …
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
… A major turning point was the leak of Anthropic’s Mythos, the AI model that was so powerful at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities that the company, whose reputation hinges on acting more responsibly than its competitors, refused to release it to the public. …
The US gets the worst phones
… Motorola sells plenty of phones, but mostly its cheap ones, and with rumors swirling that OnePlus is planning to shut its US operations, there might be even fewer choices soon. …