GM shocked everybody by shutting down the Cruise robotaxi business. ChatGPT is finally on your iPhone once you update it. Could all Apple watches someday have satellite texting? And then, I guess Google wanted to pre-empt Santa Sam, because they released an absolute slew of AI products today.

Links:

• GM to refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles (GM Investor Relations)
• GM Calls It Quits on Mary Barra’s $50 Billion Robotaxi Dream (Bloomberg)
• Apple’s Next Ultra Smartwatch Will Be Able to Send Texts Via Satellite (Bloomberg)
• Google Rolls Out Faster Gemini AI Model to Power Agents (Bloomberg)
• Google’s new Trillium AI chip delivers 4x speed and powers Gemini 2.0 (VentureBeat)
• Gemini 2.0, Google’s newest flagship AI, can generate text, images, and speech (TechCrunch)
• Google unveils AI coding assistant ‘Jules,’ promising autonomous bug fixes and faster development cycles (VentureBeat)
• Google unveils Project Mariner: AI agents to use the web for you (TechCrunch)

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You can now buy a car on Amazon. A new AI unicorn doing something with AI I hadn’t heard about before. New AI enhanced smartglasses. Microsoft says it has a new datacenter design that uses zero water. And if you were able to use Sora yesterday, what was that like?

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Links:

• You Can Buy a Car on Amazon Now (Wired)
• US finalizes $6.1 bln Micron chip-making subsidy (Reuters)
• Memory chip maker Micron’s $6.1 billion grant confirmed by Commerce Dept. (Washington Post)
• OpenAI-Backed Language Tutor Startup Doubles Value to $1 Billion (Bloomberg)
• Solos challenges Meta’s Ray-Bans with $299 ChatGPT smart glasses (The Verge)
• Microsoft Unveils Zero-Water Data Centers to Reduce AI Climate Impact (Bloomberg)
• Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup (TechCrunch)
• I just went hands-on with Sora — the good, the bad, and the wow (Tom's Guide)

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OpenAI’s Sora model is here! TikTok is still in trouble. China does more turnabouts is fair play, this time with Nvidia. I Apple, belatedly, getting serious about gaming on the Vision Pro? And did Google just make a huge, historic leap forward in quantum computing?

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Links:

• Sora is here (OpenAI)
• OpenAI’s controversial Sora is finally launching today. Will it truly disrupt Hollywood? (LATimes)
• OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool (CNBC)
• Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Ban of TikTok (WSJ)
• Nvidia Hit With China Probe in Global Tech War Escalation (Bloomberg)
• Apple, Sony Discuss Teaming Up on Gaming Controllers for Vision Pro (Blooomberg)
• Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough (NYTimes)
• Google Debuts New Quantum Chip, Error Correction Breakthrough, and Roadmap Details (HPCWire)

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