Google’s True Moonshot

Google could do more than just win the chatbot war: it is the one company that could make a universal assistant. The question is if the company is willing to risk it all.

Google Gemini; Performance, Infrastructure, and Integration; Apple MLX

Google’s Gemini launched with a demo that misrepresented its capabilities, which seems like a bizarre decision given that Gemini seems capable enough on its own, and also demonstrates Google’s ability to integrate from silicon to model.

Regretful Accelerationism

The Internet removed constraints from the analog world, and AI is finishing the job. That this may be the final blow for the Internet as a source for truth may ultimately be for the best.

AWS:reInvent, Serverless and the Smiling Curve, AI Services

The opening keynote at AWS:reInvent was about serverless, which is a technical manifestation of how the Internet leads to smiling curves. Plus, AWS’s CEO comments on OpenAI.

OpenAI’s Misalignment and Microsoft’s Gain

The end of a dramatic weekend in tech is that OpenAI has split and Microsoft is partnered with one and has hired the other; this is the ultimate failure case of what should have been a for-profit company organized the wrong way.