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APPLE WORKING ON NEXT-GEN HUMANLIKE AI `PERSONALITY' THAT'S NOT
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Apple is reportedly developing an AI personality entirely separate
from Siri for future Apple robotics devices. The company's first
robotics projects are not expected to debut until 2026 or 2027. Apple
will ship a brand new Apple Intelligence-fused Siri in iOS 18.1 later
this fall. However, many of Siri's most powerful new capabilities
aren't scheduled to arrive until sometime in 2025.

APPLE'S IPHONE 16 LAUNCH EVENT IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER (2 MINUTE READ)
[6]

Apple's next big event will be on September 9 at 1 PM ET at the Steve
Jobs Theater at Apple Park. The company is expected to launch the
iPhone 16 lineup during the show, which has the tagline 'It's
Glowtime'. Apple Intelligence features will likely be a big part of
the event. The company is also rumored to launch the Apple Watch
Series 10 and two versions of AirPods.

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FOR HIS SECOND TRIP TO SPACE, BILLIONAIRE HAS GRANDER, RISKIER
ASPIRATIONS (14 MINUTE READ) [7]

Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is scheduled to head into
space for the second time later this week. The itinerary for the trip
includes the first ever spacewalk by private astronauts. The mission
will travel farther than anyone has traveled since the Apollo 17
mission went to the Moon in 1972. It will pass through regions of
intense radiation while testing new technologies and gathering data on
the effects space has on the human body.

HOW DO YOU 3D PRINT GLASS? (4 MINUTE READ) [8]

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana are working to
adapt artisan glass-blowing techniques to a robotic platform. They
have developed a technique that uses a laser to heat the surface of a
glass rod so it can be deformed to create 3D shapes. It is able to
create the transparent solid structures needed in optical,
microfluidic, and photonic devices. The method can deposit glass at 15
cubic millimeters per second. A picture of the glass 3D printer is
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MISCELLANEOUS

'PRESSURE COOKER': WHY MILLIONAIRE NVIDIA EMPLOYEES ARE STILL WORKING
UNTIL 2 A.M. (3 MINUTE READ) [13]

Many of Nvidia's employees are millionaires because of the company's
growth. Despite this, the company still has a 'pressure cooker'
culture with long working hours, yelling and fighting at meetings, and
company politics. Some employees work every day, including weekends,
late into the night. Employees who work less than the norm are called
out at company-wide meetings. The company maintains a low turnover
rate, likely due to the way it gives its employees access to stock
grants and its 'flat' hierarchy, which could make the company an
appealing choice.

WHY SHOULD ANYONE BOOT *YOU* UP? (5 MINUTE READ) [14]

Google researchers recently published a paper detailing a scanning
process that can yield a geometric model of the brain's wiring at
nanometer resolution. Further development of the method could result
in technology that can scan a person's brain and recreate them far
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MINUTE READ) [16]

Chinese AI developers are working with brokers to access computing
power overseas - US sanctions don't restrict Chinese companies or
their foreign affiliates from accessing US cloud services using Nvidia
chips.

ELON MUSK UNVEILS TESLA'S NEW `CORTEX' SUPERCOMPUTER, BUT IT'S NOT
READY QUITE YET (4 MINUTE READ) [17]

Elon Musk recently shared a video of a small section of Tesla's new
Cortex cluster, which is still currently being completed.

ANTHROPIC PUBLISHES THE `SYSTEM PROMPTS' THAT MAKE CLAUDE TICK (3
MINUTE READ) [18]

Anthropic plans to make this sort of disclosure a regular thing as it
updates and fine-tunes its system prompts.

AI TO GO NUCLEAR? DATA CENTER DEALS SAY IT'S INEVITABLE (9 MINUTE
READ) [19]

Current electric grids are struggling to keep up with demand, so Big
Tech is now looking at nuclear power to meet the incredibly hefty
demands of generative AI.

MY LUKEWARM TAKE ON GLP-1 AGONISTS (9 MINUTE READ) [20]

No treatment is without side effects - people who take these drugs
should be aware that there are currently a lot of unknown unknowns,
especially if they aren't in a demographic for which the drug is
mainly prescribed.

THE REAL PROBLEM WITH THE JOB MARKET (15 MINUTE READ) [21]

The current disruption in the job market is due to a mass delusion
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