TL;DR Hey builders, today brings us more news in AI. The US is embedding trackers inside Nvidia and AMD AI chip shipments to curb unauthorized diversions to China (yikes), and Anthropic quietly scooped up Humanloop's team to up their enterprise AI game. Meanwhile, Microsoft is going on the offensive with multimillion-dollar offers to lure Meta’s AI talent. How about you… would you drop everything for a multimillion-dollar AI gig?”
Top Stories
1. Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome
Perplexity’s bold $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google Chrome signals a major challenge to Google's search dominance amid antitrust uncertainties.
Source: Wall Street Journal | Read more →
2. Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
The United States is secretly embedding tracking devices in AI chip shipments from Nvidia and AMD to enforce export controls and monitor illegal diversions to China, highlighting geopolitical tensions in the AI supply chain.
Source: Reuters | Read more →
3. Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up
Anthropic strengthens its enterprise AI capabilities by acquiring the Humanloop team, underscoring the fierce competition for AI safety and evaluation talent in the industry.
Source: TechCrunch | Read more →
4. The 'godfather of AI' reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
Geoffrey Hinton warns that embedding 'maternal instincts' into AI systems is essential for humanity’s survival against superintelligent AI, offering a fresh perspective on AI alignment challenges.
Source: CNN | Read more →
5. GPT-5 prompting guide
OpenAI’s detailed GPT-5 prompting guide reveals advanced techniques for verbosity control, persistent reasoning, and agentic workflows, empowering developers to harness the model’s new capabilities.
Source: OpenAI | Read more →
More News
• Liquid AI wants to give smartphones small, fast AI that can see with new LFM2-VL model - VentureBeat →
• Microsoft is trying to poach Meta AI talent and offering multimillion-dollar pay packages, internal documents show - Business Insider →
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