Yellow-Bellied Marmots - Return of Pebble, O3-Mini, Apple AI

This Week in Tech (Audio)
  • Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI
  • Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the 'wrong side of history' concerning open source | TechCrunch
  • DeepSeek's AI success is overshadowed by a serious security breac
  • AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU | TechCrunch
  • OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security
  • The NTSB chooses Elon Musk's X to update the press on plane crashes
  • OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest 'reasoning' model | TechCrunch
  • Rabbit R1 and Pebble
  • Apple's AI and AR Struggles Show It Has Lost Some of Its Product Edge
  • Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
  • Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott
  • Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
  • Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems
  • Elon Musk seizes computer system, locks out senior government officials
  • Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
  • Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection
  • 23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money
  • Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates
  • Super Bowl Sundays are really noisy everywhere in the US

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