1. Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company's "
Source: Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
2. I can’t believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app
Yesterday, I built my first Android app. Then, I made two more - three in one afternoon. For one, I literally typed 148 words into my web browser and walked away. Ten minutes later, I had an entire new app on my actual Android phone. I did have to prep that phone by enabling a […]
Source: I can’t believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app
3. Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company's Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN. Now, with the release of SpaceX's IPO filing, we have more details about that deal, including how much Anthropic is paying to Elon Musk's co
Source: Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
4. Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing
Today I’m talking with Liz Lopatto, who spent the last month covering the Musk v. Altman trial in all its chaos. You’ll hear her describe the courthouse as a “zoo” and explain that there were protests of one kind or another happening outside every day. Both Elon Musk and Sam Altman are big personali
Source: Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing
5. AI video is moving beyond clip slop
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Hollywood is cooked - or so a growing number of people on social media would like you to believe. Their purported proof: AI-generated c
Source: AI video is moving beyond clip slop
6. Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you
Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI-generated content draws from your Spotify listening history, as well as info from apps you connect to it, like your email inbox, calendar, and notes. Sp
Source: Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you
7. Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs. The tool will be a paid add-on for Premium subscribers. Artists will be able to opt out of the program, but those who do partic
Source: Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes
8. This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects
I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one. One of the first to take the plunge is Polyend, a well-respected music gear maker with a reputation for building niche, idiosyncratic devices. The company has built grooveboxes around ol
Source: This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects
9. In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surprised by this are the executives themselves. In a procession of viral videos, 2026 commencement speakers like former Google CEO Eric
Source: In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
10. All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits
Source: All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
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