Musk, Self-Evolving AI, and Full Self-Driving

In this episode:

AI, Military & Politics

1. US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump calling Anthropic a 'Radical Left AI company' — The Guardian
2. Hundreds of Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter urging limits on military AI — TechRadar
3. ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge 295% After OpenAI Accepts Pentagon Contract — eWeek

AI Industry & Workforce

1. Block CFO confirms AI caused mass layoffs: What to know — Yahoo Finance
2. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: Software industry is going to radically expand in capability and scale — CNBC
3. Sam Altman says AI isn't very popular in the US right now — Business Insider
4. Musk's latest interview: AI has entered a self-evolutionary cycle — MEXC
5. Netflix is buying Ben Affleck's AI startup — The Verge
6. Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' — Variety
7. Venture dollars to female founders doubled to a record $73 billion — Fortune

Privacy, Ethics & Trust

1. Grammarly is using our identities without permission — The Verge
2. Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission — The Verge
3. AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case — Grand Forks Herald
4. Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom — Ars Technica
5. FBI Is Buying Data to Track People — Politico

Tech & Products

1. Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 is designed to hold up to years of drops, debuts on Razr Fold — 9to5Google
2. Apple launches $599 MacBook Neo powered by an iPhone chip — The Verge
3. Anthropic's Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals — The Verge
4. Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bots — The Verge
5. Digg — Thanks for being part of our beta. Stay tuned for what comes next. — Digg
6. NASA's DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun — NASA

Weird & Wacky

1. Germany Built AI-Powered Cyborg Cockroaches and NATO Is Testing Them — TechNow
2. DJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robots — The Verge
3. How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world — MIT Technology Review
4. Superheat — Redefining Energy Infrastructure — Superheat
5. United Airlines can permanently ban passengers who don't wear headphones — The Verge

Tech Rec:

1. Sanjay - DoNotNotify
2. Adam - Claude Cowork

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1. sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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