Techmeme Ride Home Podcast

OpenAI rolls out an o3-pro model. Android one-ups iOS with a quick release. So far so good for the launch of the Switch 2. What is Google doing with its headcount? And is essentially a giant hologram the future of video calling?

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Links:

• OpenAI releases o3-pro, a souped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model (TechCrunch)
• God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro (Latent Space)
• Google Releases the Android 16 OS Months Earlier Than Expected (CNET)
• Nintendo Switch 2 Sets Sales Record in Boon for Games Sector (Bloomberg)
• Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin tentatively set to begin June 22 (CNBC)
• Google Offers Buyouts to Employees in Search and Ads, Other Units (The Information)
• HP reveals $24,999 hardware created just for Google Beam (The Verge)

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Zuckerbergs big ambitions for AI seem to be coming into focus. OpenAI is actively starting to play the field when it comes to compute. More signs AI is kneecapping web traffic. And what do we think? Is liquid glass a good design choice, or a cul-de-sac for Apple?

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Links:

• Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue Superintelligence (NYTimes)
• Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New Superintelligence AI Team at Meta (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say (Reuters)
• Waymo halts service in downtown Los Angeles amid ICE protests (LA Times)
• News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Googles New AI Tools (WSJ)
• Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon (9to5Mac)
• Beautiful and Hard to Read: Designers React to Apples Liquid Glass Update (Wired)

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All the headlines from WWDC. Microsoft unveils the first iteration of that handheld gaming strategy. Meta is considering its largest external AI investment yet. And did Apple researchers reveal that Large Language Model have a structural ceiling, and are we basically there?

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Links:

• Hands-On With the Xbox Ally X, the New Gaming Handheld from Asus and Microsoft (IGN)
• Meta in Talks for Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion (Bloomberg)
• A knockout blow for LLMs? (Gary Marcus On AI)

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Circle had such a successful IPO, I’m wondering if IPO’s might finally be back on the menu. Turns out Anthropic cut off Windsurf for the most obvious reason. Maybe Manus really is stoking a new gold rush, at least in China. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, the most consequential weather forecast of all time.

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Links:

• Stablecoin issuer Circle soars 168% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above expected range (CNBC)
• Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf: ‘It would be odd for us to sell Claude to OpenAI’ (TechCrunch)
• Anysphere, Hailed as Fastest Growing Startup Ever, Raises $900 Million (Bloomberg)
• Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China (MIT Technology Review)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video (The Verge)
• The Man Whose Weather Forecast Saved the World (NYTimes)

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Reddit goes after Anthropic. Meta seems to be reading a much cheaper Vision Pro killer, while still moving forward with their ambitious smartglasses product. What if your Amazon delivery person was not a person at all, but a humanoid robot. And how, quietly, Hollywood studios are already deep into AI adoption.

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Links:

• Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data (WSJ)
• Meta Talks to Disney, A24 About Content for New VR Headset (WSJ)
• Here’s what’s inside Meta’s experimental new smart glasses (The Verge)
• OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats (ArsTechica)
• Amazon Prepares to Test Humanoid Robots for Delivering Packages (The Information)
• Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It) (Vulture)

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