Incentives
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XBOX Cuts; Bundling and the Internet Solvent; Transaction, Coordination, and Sunk Costs
Microsoft’s Xbox division is conducting big layoffs, as the company deals with abject failure of its Game Pass strategy.
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Memory Chips and China, Microsoft and Chinese Models
The big three memory makers may come to regret opening up the door to Chinese memory makers; Microsoft, meanwhile, is very incentivized to use Chinese models.
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Apple Price Increases, Apple Intelligence and the E.U.
Apple is (finally) raising prices, but they’re not shipping Siri AI to the E.U.
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The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor
The administration is very likely wrong about Fable, but that is ultimately Anthropic’s responsibility.
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Anthropic’s Safety Superpower
Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.
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Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers
Fable 5 is the public version of Mythos, and while it is very capable it sets some troubling new precedents.
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The iPhone’s Last Stand
Siri isn’t state of the art, but as long as it works — and it appears it does — it’s good enough for the consumer market.
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Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics
Google’s deal with SpaceX, and Broadcom’s earnings, both seem bullish for Nvidia. Then, what I’m looking for at WWDC.
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An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies
An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about figuring out Microsoft’s role in AI, the relationship with OpenAI, Capex, Software, and a potential new agentic platform.
