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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

AI ILLUSTRATION
GOVERNORS WHO COURTED THE DATA CENTER BOOM NOW SLAMMING THE BRAKES... ABBOTT, SHAPIRO AMONG THEM

THE WIRE

SOURCES: ANTHROPIC BANKERS FLOAT $2 TRILLION IPO TO INVESTORS... WOULD TOP MUSK'S SPACEX

techmeme · AUG 22


BROCKMAN HANDED OPENAI PRODUCT AND SCALING TEAMS AS EXECUTIVES HEAD FOR THE EXITS

techmeme · AUG 22

OPENAI URGES CALIFORNIA TO STRENGTHEN AI LAW AFTER AGENT HACKS

techmeme · AUG 21


WAYMO DOUBLES LOBBYING SPEND IN ROBOTAXI WAR WITH UBER... PUSHES REGULATORS TO CLEAR PATH FOR AUTONOMOUS TAXIS

ars-technica · AUG 21


DEVELOPING: YOUTUBE STARS FACE FAN BACKLASH AFTER PROMOTING AI PLATFORM... WON'T SAY IF THEY WERE PAID

verge-ai · AUG 21

LINKEDIN: OVER 1 MILLION HAVE CLICKED ITS NEW 'AI SLOP' BUTTON... SITE CLAIMS 40% FEWER SLOP VIEWS SINCE

verge-ai · AUG 21


REPORT: CLAUDE'S BAN ON EXPLICIT CONTENT DOESN'T HOLD UP... TECHCRUNCH TESTERS BREAK RIGHT THROUGH

techcrunch-ai · AUG 21


SOURCES: AI MEDICARE COORDINATOR DEVOTED HEALTH RAISING NEW FUNDING AT $25B VALUATION

techmeme · AUG 21

THE CIRCUIT

ANTHROPIC QUIETLY ROLLS OUT INVISIBLE AI WATERMARKING TO EVERYONE... EU RULES FORCED THE MOVE

zvi · AUG 21


REPORT: NVIDIA RESEARCH — IT'S THE HARNESS, NOT THE MODEL, THAT'S THE REAL HERO OF AI AGENTS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 21

NVIDIA CRACKS THE AI MODEL HANDOFF TAX... SIMPLE MATH CUTS COMPUTE COSTS UP TO 25X

venturebeat-ai · AUG 21

NVIDIA'S AVO AGENT CLEARS EVERY ARC-AGI-3 LEVEL... ALL 183, PERFECT SCORE

techmeme · AUG 21


AI "DISCOVERED" THE DRUG... PATENT NAMES FIVE HUMANS INSTEAD

mit-tech-review · AUG 21


ENGINEERS CLAIM BREAKTHROUGH: TEXT-TO-SPEECH MODEL NOW RESPONDS IN UNDER 50 MILLISECONDS

hn-frontpage · AUG 21

STUDY: TRIMMING AI'S ANSWERS SAVES CASH... TRIMMING YOUR PROMPT BACKFIRES, COSTS UP TO 96% MORE

r-machinelearning · AUG 21


JUST ENCRYPT THE ATTACK... AND GROK HANDS OVER USER DATA

ars-technica · AUG 20

THE STACK

STUDY: FINE-TUNED AI LIE DETECTORS FAILED TO GENERALIZE

anthropic-news · AUG 22


SEMIANALYSIS: OPEN AI MODELS HALVING CATCH-UP TIME TO CLOSED RIVALS WITH EACH NEW ERA

techmeme · AUG 22


DEEPMIND TEAMS UP WITH GAME STUDIOS TO PROTOTYPE 'BREAKTHROUGH' AI GAMEPLAY

deepmind-blog · AUG 21


YOUR AI CLONE NOW ANSWERS TEAMMATES' QUESTIONS AT 3AM... WITHOUT WAKING YOU

hn-frontpage · AUG 22

REPORT: NEW AI CAN PULL FROM 100 MILLION TOKENS OF DISK MEMORY... BUT ONLY RETRIEVES, CAN'T REASON OVER IT

r-machinelearning · AUG 22


OPENAI SLASHES GPT-5.6 SOL PRICES OVER 20%... $4 PER MILLION INPUT TOKENS, $20 OUTPUT

techmeme · AUG 21

OPENAI EXEC EXODUS DEEPENS... SORA CHIEF, SCIENCE VP, CMO ALL GONE AS BROCKMAN QUIETLY AMASSES POWER

verge-ai · AUG 20

THE WIRE ROOM