Ilya's $7B OpenAI stake revealed in Musk lawsuit

Bloomberg

Ilya Sutskever testified in the Musk v. OpenAI lawsuit, revealing a nearly $7B equity stake that highlights executive wealth at the AI giant amid ongoing disputes over the company's mission and structure.

TechCrunch

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab unveiled 'interaction models' that can listen and speak simultaneously with 0.40-second response times, representing a shift from traditional turn-based AI conversations to full-duplex communication similar to phone calls. The technology remains in research preview with public access planned for later this year.

Wall Street Journal

AI voice dictation tools are replacing typing in offices, creating workplace etiquette issues that mirror age-old concerns about disruptive new communication methods. The shift demonstrates how technological change often surfaces enduring social friction rather than resolving it.

The Verge

Google optimized Gemini for Home's backend processing to deliver faster smart home device control, alarm and timer management, plus improved content filtering for better everyday assistant functionality.

Substack

LLM agents suffer from a "memory curse" where expanded historical context erodes cooperation by shifting focus from future payoffs to past grievances, but targeted interventions like forward-looking fine-tuning can restore performance.