• Altman Memo: Model Done, Org Reshuffled
  • Next model finished pretraining
  • Simo named CEO of 'AGI Deployment'
  • Techmeme
• Meta, YouTube Negligent in Addiction Trial
  • Jury awards $3M to addicted user
  • Meta named biggest loser of two verdicts
  • Ars Technica, Axios, Wall Street Journal
• Meta Cuts ~700 Jobs, Reality Labs Hit Hard
  • Majority from Reality Labs division
  • Also hits recruiting, sales, Facebook
  • Techmeme, The Verge
• ARC-AGI-3 Benchmark Launches
  • Video-game scenarios test on-the-fly logic
  • Measures reasoning, not memorization
  • ARC Prize, Techmeme

• Google TurboQuant Cuts LLM Memory 6x
  • Lossless compression, no accuracy loss
  • Internet already calling it 'Pied Piper'
  • Ars Technica, TechCrunch
• Apple Can Distill Gemini In Its Own Data Centers
  • Full Gemini model access on Apple infra
  • Distillation yields smaller on-device models
  • The Information, Techmeme
• Chinese AI Models Overtake US in Usage
  • DeepSeek, MiniMax lead on token consumption
  • Surpassed US rivals over the past month
  • Techmeme
• Periodic Labs Eyes $7B Raise
  • Founded by ex-OpenAI VP Liam Fedus
  • Also backed by DeepMind's Ekin Cubuk
  • Techmeme

• China Bars Manus Cofounders from Leaving
  • Reviews Meta's $2B acquisition for FDI rules
  • Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao travel-banned
  • The Information, Techmeme
• Sanders, AOC Propose Data Center Moratorium
  • Bill halts construction for safety review
  • Sen. Warner calls the proposal 'idiocy'
  • Wired, TechCrunch
• Google Sets Q-Day Deadline at 2029
  • Post-quantum migration moved far earlier
  • 'Frontiers may be closer than they appear'
  • Ars Technica
• Supreme Court Limits ISP Copyright Liability
  • Cox not liable for users' pirated music
  • Restricts secondary liability for ISPs
  • The Verge, Wall Street Journal

• Reflection AI Seeks $2.5B at $25B Valuation
  • Building open foundation models
  • JPMorgan in talks to participate
  • Techmeme
• Harvey Confirms $11B, Sequoia Triples Down
  • $200M round led by GIC and Sequoia
  • 100K+ users across 1,300+ organizations
  • TechCrunch, Techmeme
• Granola Raises $125M, Hits $1.5B Valuation
  • Note-taker expanding to enterprise AI app
  • Plans Claude integrations and agentic features
  • TechCrunch, Techmeme
• Isara Raises $94M, OpenAI Backs at $650M
  • Coordinates work of thousands of AI agents
  • OpenAI confirmed as backer per WSJ
  • Techmeme

• Stratechery: Why Arm Broke With Its Own Model
  • Arm selling chips, not just licensing IP
  • Big shift as computing evolves to systems
  • Stratechery
• OpenAI Explains Its Model Spec Framework
  • Public framework for model behavior and safety
  • Balances user freedom with accountability
  • OpenAI
• Sequoia: Biology's Waymo Moment
  • Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on AI in life sciences
  • First-party Sequoia video on biotech's AI shift
  • Sequoia Capital