Intro

When your AI bot breaks your operations, even when you’re AWS. More on OpenAI’s hardware plans. Hey, remember Perplexity? What’s up with them? Is Uber roadkill in the self-driving car horserace? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

• Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot (FT)
• Ex-Googlers Charged With Stealing Phone Processor Secrets (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI Plans to Price Smart Speaker at $200 to $300, as AI Device Team Takes Shape (The Information)
• Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online (MIT Technology Review)
• Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift (Wired)
• Uber, Latest Victim of Disruption Panic, Still Has Role in Robotaxis (WSJ)

Weekend Longreads Suggestion:

• Who needs a laptop when you have a folding phone? (The Verge)

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