Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to flag OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s major reorg, the company’s new "Spud” model and its decision to shut down the Sora video app and application programming interface, which we scooped on Tuesday. (For what the company’s organizational structure looks like ...
Sam Altman’s anti-human worldview
OpenAI CEO downgrades humanity in pursuit of goal to merge with computers
Google Gemini to run AI services for all the phones
During his Google Cloud Next 26 keynote CEO Thomas Kurian said: “We’re collaborating with Apple as their preferred cloud provider to develop the next generation of Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini technology. These models will now power future Apple Intelligence features including a more personalized Siri coming later this year.” This is a big
"Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud", 2025.05.26 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Because Sam Altman hates opening his laptop, OpenAI is merging with iPhone guy Jony Ive's design firm in the name of some mysterious new ChatGPT-enabled consumer products: Alex and Emily go full Mystery Science Theater and dissect the announcement video. Plus how tech billionaires like Sam Altman mythologize San Francisco while their money makes it less livable for everyone else.References:Sam Altman and Jony Ive are merging (Video)Emplacedness, real estate, and gentrification in San FranciscoAnthropic? More like anthropomorphicKaren Hao on her new book
“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI insiders don’t trust CEO
OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that leadership wants OpenAI, the company, to focus. Seems like a plain old business strategy story. Nope! First, in more prosaic terms, the all-hands and …
It’s not just the vibes that are off inside OpenAI.
It’s the numbers, too, according to a new Wall Street Journal report, which echoes The Information’s claim earlier this month that CFO Sarah Friar has expressed concern about its IPO plans and CEO Sam Altman’s datacenter spending. It also says the company “missed an internal goal of reaching one billion weekly active users for ChatGPT by the end of last year,” and other revenue targets. [Link: The vibes are off at OpenAI | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/908513/the-vibes-are-off-at-openai | The Verge]
The Next Frontier: Sam Altman on the Future of A.I. and Society
Google Gemini Enterprise: Vertex AI Rebrand at Cloud Next 26 | AI Automation Global
Google rebranded Vertex AI as Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Cloud Next 26. A2A protocol v1.0, Workspace Studio, 200+ models, 150 deployments.
WWDC25: Apple’s Playing a Different Game - Creative Strategies
Before WWDC, Bloomberg said Apple’s AI efforts need to “catch up to leaders like OpenAI and Google.” This assumes Apple is running the same AI race as OpenAI and Google. Is it? And after WWDC, The Wall Street Journal declared that “Apple fails to clear a low bar on AI”. This implies a clear standard that Apple failed to
I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…
Google just dropped a whole new Gemini pricing ladder!
The most brilliant move in corporate history?
In a bold departure from its Big Tech peers, Apple sidestepped the $650 billion AI infrastructure spending frenzy, a move likened to opting out of purchasing the US Navy annually. While Amazon, Goo…
docs: Rebrand Vertex AI to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (#14472) · googleapis/google-cloud-go@4e3f219
Updated README to reflect rebranding of Vertex AI to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
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Logan Kilpatrick on Twitter / X
We just shipped an infinite canvas in Google AI Studio so you can quickly prototype with the Gemini API, say hello to starter apps V2!The team has put so much effort into making this experience possible and it is an early glimpse of where we are going: https://t.co/0c9pE6hF9I pic.twitter.com/W5BrNSTKBo— Logan Kilpatrick (@OfficialLoganK) April 16, 2025
Google expands Gemini Enterprise, consolidates Vertex AI services to simplify agent deployment
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform aims to help organizations to build, scale, govern, and optimize AI agents