Intro

Apple continues its week of product refreshes, now with MacBooks, now with new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. People continue to get rich frontrunning news on the betting markets. And Sam Altman says, no, sorry, we rushed things. The government swears it won’t use our AI for mass surveillance after we asked them nicely not to.

• Apple announces M5 MacBook Air with 2x storage, $1099 starting price (9to5Mac)
• Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips With New Fusion Architecture (MacRumors)
• Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’ (TechCrunch)
• Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Win Big (Bloomberg)
• Google unveils cost-efficient AI model Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (SeekingAlpha)
• Audible Launches Cheaper Plan to Appeal to Streaming Audiences (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI makes changes to ‘opportunistic and sloppy’ Pentagon deal (Financial Times)

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