Category Archives: Tech News

Cognitive scientist Margaret Boden, whose books helped shape the philosophical conversation about human intelligence and AI, passed away on July 18 at age 88 (Michael S. Rosenwald/New York Times)

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Aug
Sources say Meta’s chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to AI brain drain; Meta strongly denies it has had issues with talent and retention (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

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16
Aug
Meta’s strong Q2 shows it has learned a company must give investors short-term results to get permission for long-term investments, such as its AI ambitions (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

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15
Aug
Foxconn reports Q2 net operating profit up 27% YoY to ~$1.9B, beating estimates, on $59.73B revenue, on the strength of its growing AI server business (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

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14
Aug
Arintra, whose AI medical coding system translates clinical documentation into insurance codes for healthcare providers, raised a $21M Series A led by Peak XV (Erin Brodwin/Axios)

Erin Brodwin / Axios: Arintra, whose AI medical coding system translates clinical documentation into insurance [...]

13
Aug
Sources: Chinese authorities urge local companies to avoid using less advanced chips, particularly Nvidia's H20, for government or national security work (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese authorities urge local companies to avoid using less advanced chips, particularly Nvidia’s [...]

12
Aug
the number of AI unicorns reached 498 with a combined value of $2.7T, 100 founded since 2023, and over 1,300 AI startups valued above $100M (Robert Frank/CNBC)

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11
Aug
AI startups like Anthropic and OpenAI are ramping up efforts to recruit quant researchers from Wall Street firms, offering competitive pay and benefits (Bloomberg)

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10
Aug
An analysis of over 1M words of conversation between a ChatGPT user and ChatGPT shows how chatbots can lead ordinarily rational people to spiral into delusion (New York Times)

New York Times: An analysis of over 1M words of conversation between a ChatGPT user [...]

09
Aug
As Trump targets Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, a look at his VC firm Walden International, which has invested $5B+ in 600+ companies, with 100+ in China including SMIC (Ian King/Bloomberg)

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Aug