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Sam Altman may start a new compute company
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (88+ words) Sources | Alex Heath Sam Altman may start a new compute company Stargate redux? Open AI's CEO has recently discussed setting up a new compute effort that he would raise money for, with Open AI as the majority shareholder. Sources say…...
The 'AI Coachella' prof's plan for the data center backlash
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (351+ words) Anjney Midha hasn't said much publicly about AMP, the AI compute startup he left Andreessen Horowitz to raise billions of dollars for. He's starting to now. AMP wants to be what Midha calls "an independent system operator of the grid…...
Anthropic and Misanthropic
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (62+ words) Sources | Alex Heath Anthropic's surprise deal to use Elon Musk's Colossus is the strangest compute pact in AI. Plus: Dario's 80x admission, and the clause no one will explain. Anthropic's surprise deal to use Elon Musk's Colossus data center is incredibly…...
Inside Open AI's GPT-5. 5 party
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (107+ words) Sources | Alex Heath Inside Open AI's GPT-5. 5 party Sam Altman let GPT-5. 5 design a party at Open AI HQ and invite the guests. (The model didn't let me in, though.) On Tuesday evening, I went from an off-the-record happy hour…...
How Amazon got Open AI back
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (336+ words) Sources | Alex Heath How Amazon got Open AI back AWS CEO Matt Garman on why Amazon will "be a better partner" than Microsoft. Also: His reaction to bubble fears, working with Anthropic, and what Jeff Bezos is up to with…...
Open AI goes to court as AGI loses its meaning
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (316+ words) Today's phrase of the day is "very interesting." On that note: I'll be at Amazon's AWS press event on Tuesday. Let me know if you have questions for AWS CEO Matt Garman. Below, I've got notes on the latest AI…...
Silicon Valley finally has its 'Succession"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (162+ words) Happy Friday. This week's podcast was one of the most fun ones we've done yet. It's an experiment in having more non-CEO/founder types on the show. We also changed the structure to lead with the interview. Would love your…...
Metamates freak out at becoming training data
2+ week, 6+ day ago (131+ words) Sources | Alex Heath Metamates freak out at becoming training data "How do we opt out?" Inside Meta's employee tracking backlash. This incredibly late, truncated issue brought to you by United's (lack of) Wi Fi. I'm in Washington, D. C. for a couple…...
Anthropic wants competitors using Mythos
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (199+ words) Sources | Alex Heath Anthropic wants competitors using Mythos My interview with Anthropic's Logan Graham. Also: Open AI's chairman defends Sam Altman, and people seem to like Meta's new model. It was fun seeing some of you at Human X in…...
You Tube announces AI reorg and layoffs
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (137+ words) Founder of Sources, a newsletter about the AI race. Co-host of the ACCESS podcast. Contributing writer at The Verge. You Tube announces AI reorg and voluntary layoffs Neal Mohan's internal memo about You Tube's "next frontier" and opt-in layoffs. You…...