In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down AI distillation, the teacher-student technique frontier labs now lean on to train smaller, cheaper models. He also covers GPT-5.6’s government-vetted rollout, Claude Sonnet 5 landing on AWS, Maryland’s two-year data center pause, and…
Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal to get it’s next-generation chips from Samsung, TechCrunch reported: “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s next-generation A16 chip,” Elon Musk posted on X late Sunday evening. “The strategic…
There are over 11,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, providing internet, surveillance and navigation services, The New York Times reported. It is not going well. China’s Starlink competitors have only about 120 satellites in low Earth orbit. China’s two biggest…
The “department of government efficiency (DOGE) is using artificial intelligence to create a “delete list” of federal regulations, according to a report, proposing to use the tool to cut 50% of regulations buy the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second…
Meta on Friday said starting in October it will no longer accept political, election, or social issue ads in the European Union, in response to new regulation that says it will cause ‘significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties.” Axios reported.…
Fifty years ago, Bill Gates and Paul Allen’s agreement with MITS for a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 microcomputer marked the founding of Microsoft, profoundly influencing the world of personal computing. This collaboration transformed technology, paving the way for…
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, another Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed thy sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about…
The Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI Action Plan on Wednesday, a document that takes a sharp shift away from former President Biden’s cautious approach to addressing the risks of AI, and instead barrels ahead with plans to build out…