Product Management
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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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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.
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Nvidia Earnings, The AI Stack, Nvidia’s New Reporting
Nvidia is changing its reporting to delineate between hyperscaler sales — where Nvidia is fighting commoditization — and everyone else, where Nvidia runs the whole stack.
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Amazon Earnings, Trainium and Commodity Markets, Additional Amazon Notes
Amazon’s earnings suggest that the shift away from training towards inference and agents means their bet on Trainium is paying off. Plus, additional notes on ads, agents, and sports rights.
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Intel Earnings, Intel’s Differentiation?, Whither Terafab
Intel’s earnings were very impressive, but the chief driver was a structural shift in demand for CPUs for AI. Plus, what is going on with Terafab?
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman about their new partnership, plus my thoughts on OpenAI and Microsoft’s new deal.
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John Ternus and Apple’s Hardware-Defined Future, SpaceXAI and Cursor
The elevation of John Ternus suggests that Apple’s future is about hardware differentiation; then, the SpaceX-Cursor deal makes a lot of sense.
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Tim Cook’s Impeccable Timing
Tim Cook had an extraordinary run — and impeccable timing, both in terms of when he became CEO, and when he is stepping down.