Journals

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Honor unveils its flagships Magic8, with a 7,000mAh battery, and Magic8 Pro, with 7,200mAh, both featuring an AI button, launching in China for ~$630 and ~$800  —  The Magic 8 Pro fits in a 7,200mAh… Read More »Honor unveils its flagships Magic8, with a 7,000mAh battery, and Magic8 Pro, with 7,200mAh, both featuring an AI button, launching in China for ~$630 and ~$800 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Honor teases the “Robot Phone”, with an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that unfolds from the phone’s rear and can capture photos and video in any direction  —  But we’ll have to wait until next year to… Read More »Honor teases the “Robot Phone”, with an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that unfolds from the phone’s rear and can capture photos and video in any direction (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Nate Raymond / Reuters: A US judge sentences Matthew Lane, a 20-year-old Massachusetts man, to four years in prison after he pled guilty to hacking two companies, including PowerSchool  —  A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software… Read More »A US judge sentences Matthew Lane, a 20-year-old Massachusetts man, to four years in prison after he pled guilty to hacking two companies, including PowerSchool (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple doesn’t include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations  —  The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip… Read More »Apple doesn’t include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: David Sacks says Anthropic is running a “regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering”, responding to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark’s post on AI policy  —  On Tuesday, White House AI “czar” and venture capitalist David Sacks intensified… Read More »David Sacks says Anthropic is running a “regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering”, responding to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark’s post on AI policy (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world” after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow “erotica for verified adults”  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that the company is… Read More »Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world” after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow “erotica for verified adults” (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Viven, which builds AI “digital twins” that grant employees access to crucial information when coworkers are unavailable, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed  —  While employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating amongst… Read More »Viven, which builds AI “digital twins” that grant employees access to crucial information when coworkers are unavailable, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Alex Wickham / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese state actors compromised UK government servers for at least the last 10 years, routinely accessing low- and medium-level classified information  —  Chinese state actors systemically and successfully compromised classified UK government computer systems for… Read More »Sources: Chinese state actors compromised UK government servers for at least the last 10 years, routinely accessing low- and medium-level classified information (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)

Reuters: Sources: Anthropic is on track to meet an internal goal of $9B in annual revenue run rate by the end of 2025 and is targeting $20B to $26B for 2026  —  – Anthropic projects as much as $26 billion… Read More »Sources: Anthropic is on track to meet an internal goal of $9B in annual revenue run rate by the end of 2025 and is targeting $20B to $26B for 2026 (Reuters)

Bloomberg: Sources: Anthropic held early funding talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers a prior investor, after closing a $13B Series F in September  —  Anthropic recently held early funding talks with Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX,… Read More »Sources: Anthropic held early funding talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers a prior investor, after closing a $13B Series F in September (Bloomberg)