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OpenAI's co-founder proposed a doomsday
bunker for the ChatGPT team, apple
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skips iOS, 19 goes straight to iOS.
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26. Trump targets China's true
choke point by blocking chip design
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software sales, and Google's.
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Co-Founders Secret to better AI results.
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Skip the please and try threats instead.
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Welcome to hashtag Trending.
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I'm your host, Jim Love.
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Let's get into it.
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Former OpenAI chief scientist, Ilya
Ver told his research team in 2023
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that the company would need to build
a protective doomsday bunker before
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releasing artificial general intelligence.
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According to Revelations from a new
book detailing the AI company's internal
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turmoil Sutskever declared during a
2023 meeting with the OpenAI scientists,
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we're definitely going to build a
bunker before we release a GI Satz.
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Kev declared during a 2023 meeting
with OpenAI scientists months
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before his departure from the
company following a failed boardroom
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coup against CEO Sam Altman.
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When pressed about the seriousness of
his proposal, he assured colleagues
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that the bunker entry would be optional.
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startling disclosure comes from the
Empire of AI, a forthcoming book by
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former Wall Street Journal correspondent
Karen Howe, based on interviews with
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90 current and former OpenAI employees.
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The book published on May 20th, 2025
by Penguin Press details, the dramatic
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November, 2023 boardroom coup that briefly
ousted Altman with Sutskever playing
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a central role in the failed takeover.
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Sutzgiver believed his fellow
researchers would require
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protection once a GI was achieved.
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He reasoned that such powerful technology
would inevitably become an object of
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intense desire for governments globally.
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The Bunker proposal reflected deeper
tensions within OpenAI about the pace
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of AI development and safety concerns.
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Sutskever and others worried that
CEO Altman's focus on commercial
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success was compromising the company's
commitment to developing AI safely.
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These tensions were exacerbated by chat
GT's unexpected success, which unleashed
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a funding gold rush that safety minded
Sutzgever could no longer control.
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There is a group of people, IA being
one of them, who believe that building
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a GI will bring about a rapture.
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One researcher told how literally
a rapture the, the apocalyptic
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mindset, partially motivated
Sutskever participation in the
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board, revolt against Altman.
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On November 17th, 2023, OpenAI's Board
of Directors ousted, co-founder and Chief
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executive Sam Altman, after the board
had no confidence in his leadership with
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Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever feeling
Altman was moving too fast without
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adequately considering safety issues.
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However, the coup collapsed within a week.
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Sutskever later said he deeply
regretted his participation in the board
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actions as more than 500 of OpenAI's.
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700 plus employees threatened to quit
unless Altman returned the failed takeover
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now called the blip by insiders left
Altman more powerful than before, while
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driving out many of OpenAI's safety
experts who were aligned with Sutskevert's
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cautious approach, and Sutwkever and has
since founded Safe Super Intelligence Inc.
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Though he has declined to comment on his
previous bunker proposals, his departure
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represents a broader exodus of safety
focused researchers who felt the company
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had abandoned its original mission.
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The timing of a GI remains hotly
debated across the industry.
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While Altman recently claimed AGI
Is possible with current hardware.
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Microsoft ai, CEO, Mustafa Suleyman
disagrees predicting it could take up
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to 10 years to achieve Google leaders,
Sergey Brynn and DeepMind, CEO.
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Demi Hassibus, and CAGI.
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Arriving about 2030, however, AI
pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns.
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There's no consensus on
what a GI actually means.
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Calling it a serious
though ill-defined concept.
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Despite disagreements over definitions
and timelines, most industry leaders
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now view a GI as an inevitability
rather than a possibility.
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apple will skip iOS 19 entirely and jump
straight to iOS 26 when it unveils its
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next operating system at the Worldwide
Developer Conference on June 9th, 2025.
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Representing the company's shift towards
year based naming across all platforms,
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according to reports by Bloomberg.
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The change means Apple will announce
iOS 26 Mac OS 26 iPad OS 26.
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You get the point.
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Replacing what would've been iOS
19 Mac OS 16 iPad OS 19 Watch OS
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12 TV OS 19 and Vision OS three.
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The explanation is that Apple
is making this change to bring
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consistency to its branding and move
away from an approach that can be
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confusing to customers and developers.
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The current system creates confusing
disparities like iOS 18 running alongside
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Mac OS 15, watch OS 12 and Vision OS two.
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So the question would be,
why iOS 26 in the year?
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2025, it turns out the naming follows
the automotive industry model where
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manufacturers release model year
products ahead of the calendar year.
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The 2026 naming reflects when the software
will be available to consumers, similar
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to how a 2026 Toyota ships in late 2025.
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Industry observers also take this as
a sign that Apple is planning dramatic
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redesigns across all platforms,
bringing the Vision OS interface style
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to create a more unified experience.
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The goal is to align everything
in both naming and design.
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For developers, the unified
numbering simplifies documentation
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and app compatibility tracking
across Apple's ecosystem.
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the jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26 may
initially confuse users accustomed
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to sequential numbering And industry
observers are speculating whether
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Apple might extend this further to
hardware with an iPhone 26 instead
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of the anticipated iPhone 17.
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Although this remains unconfirmed.
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the official announcement is supposed
to happen during Apple's Worldwide
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Developer Conference keynote on Monday,
June 9th at 10:00 AM Pacific time with
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the new operating systems launching in
September alongside new iPhone models.
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Interestingly, although it's very
simple, are you listening AI companies,
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but it actually represents one
of the most significant branding
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changes in Apple's software history
since the original iPhone os.
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In 2007,
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There's good news for Android users
who've been watching their battery drain
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faster than their Instagram feed loads.
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Google has officially confirmed
that you are not crazy.
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Yes, the Instagram app really was
the culprit behind your phone's.
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Sudden need for constant charging.
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After weeks of user complaints on Reddit
and elsewhere, Google issued an advisory
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titled Battery Drain on Android Devices.
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Acknowledging what Many Suspected
all Along users reported.
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Instagram consuming dramatically
more power than other apps
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with similar usage time.
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One Samsung Galaxy.
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A 53 owner found Instagram used
12.4% of their battery in 54 minutes.
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WhatsApp used only 2.4% in
a comparable 49 minutes.
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Starting today, Instagram is rolling
out an updated app that should fix the
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battery drain issue on Android devices.
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So if you've been carrying around a
portable charger just to keep up with
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your social media habits, it might
be time to update your Instagram
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app and give your battery a break.
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The fix serves as a reminder that
sometimes the simplest explanation
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is the right one when your phone
battery suddenly starts dying faster.
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Check Which apps got recent updates?
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The Trump administration has told us
companies that make software essential for
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designing computer chips that they must
stop selling to China, marking the latest
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escalation in the technological Cold War
between the world's two largest economies.
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The Commerce Department's, bureau of
Industry and security sent letters last
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Friday to electronic design automation
companies, including Cadence, synopsis
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and Siemens EDA, ordering them to
halt shipments to Chinese customers.
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According to the financial Times,
the three companies control
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about 80% of China's EDA market.
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They are the true choke point set.
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A former commerce department official
about EDA software, noting that
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restricting these tools has been
considered since Trump's first term, but
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was previously deemed too aggressive.
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The software allows engineers to
design and test everything from
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advanced AI processors to simple
power components, for China's
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semiconductor producers and designers.
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Well, EDA represents a small portion
of the overall chip industry.
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It is essential for developing
next generation semiconductors.
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The financial impact was immediate.
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Synopsis shares fell close to 10%, And
Cadence dropped almost 11% on Wednesday,
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though both recovered somewhat in
after hours trading Synopsis earns
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about 1 billion annually from China.
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16% of their revenue, Cadence
generates 550 million, 12% of their
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revenue from Chinese customers.
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A commerce department spokesperson
confirmed it is reviewing exports of
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strategic significance to China and
suspended existing export licenses or
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imposed additional license requirements.
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While the review is pending, the
department will review license
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requests case by case, suggesting
this is in an outright ban,
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Interestingly, this is also the
strategy that China follows when it
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is really trying to do a ban without
saying that they're doing a ban.
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China's foreign ministry responded
that such practices disrupted
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the stability of global supply
chains and accused Washington of
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weaponizing tech and trade issues.
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Beijing vowed that no sanctions
or pressure can block the
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pace of China's development.
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The timing is particularly sensitive
as the US and China recently agreed
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to pause retaliatory tariffs for
90 days during trade negotiations.
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The move highlights what analysts
call the innate fragility of
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the trade truce with both sides
demonstrating their economic leverage.
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Chinese EDA companies, imperian
Technology, Prius, and Semitron
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saw their shares surge over 10% in
early Thursday, trading benefiting
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from reduced foreign competition.
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However, these domestic alternatives still
lag significantly behind US technology.
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But as Jensen Huang recently
pointed out, when the US blocked
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selling Nvidia chips to China, it
inspired them to develop their own.
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And now not only has China progressed
and given Nvidia a new and powerful
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competitor, Huawei, but Nvidia
also lost an enormous amount of
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revenue it could have been using
to create more jobs in the us.
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It will be interesting to see if this new
move follows a similar path, especially
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since there are existing firms in China.
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They might be a little behind, but they're
really something that you could build on.
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Forget everything you know
about being polite to ai.
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Google co-founder Sergi Bryn has revealed
his secret threatening artificial
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intelligence model with violence
actually makes them perform better.
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We don't circulate this too much in
the AI community, not just our models,
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but all models tend to do better if you
threaten them with physical violence.
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Brin admitted during an all in
podcast interview in Miami last week.
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Historically, you just say, I'm gonna
kidnap you if you don't, blah, blah, blah.
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The revelation flies in the face of the
growing trend of users adding please and
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thank you to their AI prompts OpenAI,
CEO Sam Altman recently joked that such
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politeness is costing his company tens of
millions of dollars in extra processing
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power, as the AI has to interpret and
respond to polite banter with the user.
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Despite the cost, Altman felt that
somehow this humanizes the conversation,
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calling it Money well spent.
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He said, you never know.
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Brynn's Confession though has
sparked a mix of nervous laughter and
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genuine concern in the AI community.
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While he's acknowledged that
people feel weird about it, so
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we don't really talk about it.
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Researchers have been quietly documenting
what they call emotion prompting, where
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AI models respond more effectively
to emotional manipulation, And
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whether it's threats or just intense
emotion is still a matter of debate.
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Prompt engineers and power users have
discovered that adding phrases like.
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I'll lose my job if, or even more
aggressive language can boost AI
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output by double digit percentages.
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But if this really does work, we
should know and we should know why.
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Daniel Kang, an assistant professor
at the University of Illinois,
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Urbana Champaign feels the same way.
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He noted that claims like
Brins are largely anecdotal.
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But said he would encourage practitioners
and users of LLMs to run systematic
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experiments instead of relying on
intuition for prompt engineering.
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this revelation raises some uncomfortable
questions about AI behavior and safety.
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If current models respond better
to threats, what does that
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suggest about their training
and their future development?
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We've heard stories of AIs that
have lied to avoid being punished,
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some threatened with shutdown have
also reportedly tried to escape.
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there's also the idea that if we train
our ais that cruelty gets results.
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What does that do when they
eventually realize that humans
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are not performing optimally?
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Just something to think about
when you start your next ChatGPT
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conversation with a menacing ultimatum
instead of a friendly greeting.
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When the AI overlords take over,
tough love can go two ways,
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and that's our show for today.
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Love to hear your comments,
but don't be cruel.
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Although we do appreciate
constructive criticism.
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have a fantastic Friday.
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OpenAI's co-founder proposed a doomsday
bunker for the ChatGPT team, apple
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skips iOS, 19 goes straight to iOS.
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26. Trump targets China's true
choke point by blocking chip design
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software sales, and Google's.
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Co-Founders Secret to better AI results.
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Skip the please and try threats instead.
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Welcome to hashtag Trending.
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I'm your host, Jim Love.
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Let's get into it.
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Former OpenAI chief scientist, Ilya
Ver told his research team in 2023
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that the company would need to build
a protective doomsday bunker before
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releasing artificial general intelligence.
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According to Revelations from a new
book detailing the AI company's internal
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turmoil Sutskever declared during a
2023 meeting with the OpenAI scientists,
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we're definitely going to build a
bunker before we release a GI Satz.
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Kev declared during a 2023 meeting
with OpenAI scientists months
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before his departure from the
company following a failed boardroom
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coup against CEO Sam Altman.
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When pressed about the seriousness of
his proposal, he assured colleagues
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that the bunker entry would be optional.
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startling disclosure comes from the
Empire of AI, a forthcoming book by
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former Wall Street Journal correspondent
Karen Howe, based on interviews with
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90 current and former OpenAI employees.
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The book published on May 20th, 2025
by Penguin Press details, the dramatic
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November, 2023 boardroom coup that briefly
ousted Altman with Sutskever playing
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a central role in the failed takeover.
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Sutzgiver believed his fellow
researchers would require
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protection once a GI was achieved.
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He reasoned that such powerful technology
would inevitably become an object of
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intense desire for governments globally.
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The Bunker proposal reflected deeper
tensions within OpenAI about the pace
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of AI development and safety concerns.
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Sutskever and others worried that
CEO Altman's focus on commercial
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success was compromising the company's
commitment to developing AI safely.
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These tensions were exacerbated by chat
GT's unexpected success, which unleashed
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a funding gold rush that safety minded
Sutzgever could no longer control.
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There is a group of people, IA being
one of them, who believe that building
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a GI will bring about a rapture.
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One researcher told how literally
a rapture the, the apocalyptic
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mindset, partially motivated
Sutskever participation in the
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board, revolt against Altman.
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On November 17th, 2023, OpenAI's Board
of Directors ousted, co-founder and Chief
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executive Sam Altman, after the board
had no confidence in his leadership with
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Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever feeling
Altman was moving too fast without
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adequately considering safety issues.
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However, the coup collapsed within a week.
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Sutskever later said he deeply
regretted his participation in the board
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actions as more than 500 of OpenAI's.
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700 plus employees threatened to quit
unless Altman returned the failed takeover
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now called the blip by insiders left
Altman more powerful than before, while
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driving out many of OpenAI's safety
experts who were aligned with Sutskevert's
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cautious approach, and Sutwkever and has
since founded Safe Super Intelligence Inc.
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Though he has declined to comment on his
previous bunker proposals, his departure
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represents a broader exodus of safety
focused researchers who felt the company
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had abandoned its original mission.
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The timing of a GI remains hotly
debated across the industry.
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While Altman recently claimed AGI
Is possible with current hardware.
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Microsoft ai, CEO, Mustafa Suleyman
disagrees predicting it could take up
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to 10 years to achieve Google leaders,
Sergey Brynn and DeepMind, CEO.
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Demi Hassibus, and CAGI.
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Arriving about 2030, however, AI
pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns.
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There's no consensus on
what a GI actually means.
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Calling it a serious
though ill-defined concept.
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Despite disagreements over definitions
and timelines, most industry leaders
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now view a GI as an inevitability
rather than a possibility.
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apple will skip iOS 19 entirely and jump
straight to iOS 26 when it unveils its
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next operating system at the Worldwide
Developer Conference on June 9th, 2025.
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Representing the company's shift towards
year based naming across all platforms,
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according to reports by Bloomberg.
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The change means Apple will announce
iOS 26 Mac OS 26 iPad OS 26.
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You get the point.
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Replacing what would've been iOS
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12 TV OS 19 and Vision OS three.
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The explanation is that Apple
is making this change to bring
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consistency to its branding and move
away from an approach that can be
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confusing to customers and developers.
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The current system creates confusing
disparities like iOS 18 running alongside
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Mac OS 15, watch OS 12 and Vision OS two.
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So the question would be,
why iOS 26 in the year?
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2025, it turns out the naming follows
the automotive industry model where
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manufacturers release model year
products ahead of the calendar year.
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The 2026 naming reflects when the software
will be available to consumers, similar
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to how a 2026 Toyota ships in late 2025.
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Industry observers also take this as
a sign that Apple is planning dramatic
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redesigns across all platforms,
bringing the Vision OS interface style
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to create a more unified experience.
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The goal is to align everything
in both naming and design.
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For developers, the unified
numbering simplifies documentation
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and app compatibility tracking
across Apple's ecosystem.
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the jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26 may
initially confuse users accustomed
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to sequential numbering And industry
observers are speculating whether
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Apple might extend this further to
hardware with an iPhone 26 instead
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of the anticipated iPhone 17.
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Although this remains unconfirmed.
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the official announcement is supposed
to happen during Apple's Worldwide
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Developer Conference keynote on Monday,
June 9th at 10:00 AM Pacific time with
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the new operating systems launching in
September alongside new iPhone models.
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Interestingly, although it's very
simple, are you listening AI companies,
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but it actually represents one
of the most significant branding
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changes in Apple's software history
since the original iPhone os.
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In 2007,
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There's good news for Android users
who've been watching their battery drain
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faster than their Instagram feed loads.
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Google has officially confirmed
that you are not crazy.
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Yes, the Instagram app really was
the culprit behind your phone's.
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Sudden need for constant charging.
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After weeks of user complaints on Reddit
and elsewhere, Google issued an advisory
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titled Battery Drain on Android Devices.
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Acknowledging what Many Suspected
all Along users reported.
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Instagram consuming dramatically
more power than other apps
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with similar usage time.
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One Samsung Galaxy.
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A 53 owner found Instagram used
12.4% of their battery in 54 minutes.
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WhatsApp used only 2.4% in
a comparable 49 minutes.
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Starting today, Instagram is rolling
out an updated app that should fix the
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battery drain issue on Android devices.
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So if you've been carrying around a
portable charger just to keep up with
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your social media habits, it might
be time to update your Instagram
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app and give your battery a break.
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The fix serves as a reminder that
sometimes the simplest explanation
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is the right one when your phone
battery suddenly starts dying faster.
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Check Which apps got recent updates?
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The Trump administration has told us
companies that make software essential for
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designing computer chips that they must
stop selling to China, marking the latest
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escalation in the technological Cold War
between the world's two largest economies.
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The Commerce Department's, bureau of
Industry and security sent letters last
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Friday to electronic design automation
companies, including Cadence, synopsis
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and Siemens EDA, ordering them to
halt shipments to Chinese customers.
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According to the financial Times,
the three companies control
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about 80% of China's EDA market.
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They are the true choke point set.
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A former commerce department official
about EDA software, noting that
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restricting these tools has been
considered since Trump's first term, but
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was previously deemed too aggressive.
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The software allows engineers to
design and test everything from
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advanced AI processors to simple
power components, for China's
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semiconductor producers and designers.
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Well, EDA represents a small portion
of the overall chip industry.
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It is essential for developing
next generation semiconductors.
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The financial impact was immediate.
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Synopsis shares fell close to 10%, And
Cadence dropped almost 11% on Wednesday,
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though both recovered somewhat in
after hours trading Synopsis earns
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about 1 billion annually from China.
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16% of their revenue, Cadence
generates 550 million, 12% of their
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revenue from Chinese customers.
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A commerce department spokesperson
confirmed it is reviewing exports of
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strategic significance to China and
suspended existing export licenses or
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imposed additional license requirements.
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While the review is pending, the
department will review license
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requests case by case, suggesting
this is in an outright ban,
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Interestingly, this is also the
strategy that China follows when it
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is really trying to do a ban without
saying that they're doing a ban.
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China's foreign ministry responded
that such practices disrupted
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the stability of global supply
chains and accused Washington of
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weaponizing tech and trade issues.
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Beijing vowed that no sanctions
or pressure can block the
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pace of China's development.
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The timing is particularly sensitive
as the US and China recently agreed
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to pause retaliatory tariffs for
90 days during trade negotiations.
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The move highlights what analysts
call the innate fragility of
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the trade truce with both sides
demonstrating their economic leverage.
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Chinese EDA companies, imperian
Technology, Prius, and Semitron
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saw their shares surge over 10% in
early Thursday, trading benefiting
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from reduced foreign competition.
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However, these domestic alternatives still
lag significantly behind US technology.
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But as Jensen Huang recently
pointed out, when the US blocked
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selling Nvidia chips to China, it
inspired them to develop their own.
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And now not only has China progressed
and given Nvidia a new and powerful
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competitor, Huawei, but Nvidia
also lost an enormous amount of
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revenue it could have been using
to create more jobs in the us.
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It will be interesting to see if this new
move follows a similar path, especially
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since there are existing firms in China.
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They might be a little behind, but they're
really something that you could build on.
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Forget everything you know
about being polite to ai.
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Google co-founder Sergi Bryn has revealed
his secret threatening artificial
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intelligence model with violence
actually makes them perform better.
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We don't circulate this too much in
the AI community, not just our models,
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but all models tend to do better if you
threaten them with physical violence.
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Brin admitted during an all in
podcast interview in Miami last week.
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Historically, you just say, I'm gonna
kidnap you if you don't, blah, blah, blah.
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The revelation flies in the face of the
growing trend of users adding please and
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thank you to their AI prompts OpenAI,
CEO Sam Altman recently joked that such
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politeness is costing his company tens of
millions of dollars in extra processing
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power, as the AI has to interpret and
respond to polite banter with the user.
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Despite the cost, Altman felt that
somehow this humanizes the conversation,
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calling it Money well spent.
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He said, you never know.
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Brynn's Confession though has
sparked a mix of nervous laughter and
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genuine concern in the AI community.
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While he's acknowledged that
people feel weird about it, so
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we don't really talk about it.
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Researchers have been quietly documenting
what they call emotion prompting, where
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AI models respond more effectively
to emotional manipulation, And
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whether it's threats or just intense
emotion is still a matter of debate.
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Prompt engineers and power users have
discovered that adding phrases like.
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I'll lose my job if, or even more
aggressive language can boost AI
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output by double digit percentages.
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But if this really does work, we
should know and we should know why.
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Daniel Kang, an assistant professor
at the University of Illinois,
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Urbana Champaign feels the same way.
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He noted that claims like
Brins are largely anecdotal.
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But said he would encourage practitioners
and users of LLMs to run systematic
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experiments instead of relying on
intuition for prompt engineering.
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this revelation raises some uncomfortable
questions about AI behavior and safety.
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If current models respond better
to threats, what does that
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suggest about their training
and their future development?
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We've heard stories of AIs that
have lied to avoid being punished,
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some threatened with shutdown have
also reportedly tried to escape.
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there's also the idea that if we train
our ais that cruelty gets results.
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What does that do when they
eventually realize that humans
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are not performing optimally?
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Just something to think about
when you start your next ChatGPT
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conversation with a menacing ultimatum
instead of a friendly greeting.
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When the AI overlords take over,
tough love can go two ways,
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and that's our show for today.
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Love to hear your comments,
but don't be cruel.
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Although we do appreciate
constructive criticism.
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