AI 'nudify' sites are printing money, earrings that whisper back, and Tesla robotaxis take over

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Tip of the spear:

Nvidia resumes H20 AI chip sales to China LINK

• Nvidia is restarting sales of its H20 graphics processing units in China, stating the U.S. government assured the company that licenses will be granted soon.

• Major Chinese firms like ByteDance and Tencent are scrambling to place orders for the GPUs by registering on a special whitelist created by the chipmaker.

• The company also announced a new RTX Pro GPU model, which is designed to be fully compliant with American export rules for the market in that country.

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI land $200 million Pentagon defense deals LINK

• The Pentagon awarded Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI contracts with a $200 million ceiling each to develop new artificial intelligence tools for defense.

• These companies will provide models like Claude Gov and Grok for Government to build "agentic" workflows that can reason across classified military data.

• This two-year project aims to integrate the AI into existing DoD platforms, including the Advana and Maven Smart System, for tasks like combat planning.

Samsung explores AI necklaces and smart earrings LINK

• A Samsung executive confirmed the company is exploring new wearable form factors, specifically mentioning the possibility of future smart earrings and necklaces.

• These potential devices would be part of a shift towards AI-powered tech that allows for natural, hands-free interaction without using a smartphone screen.

• The COO clarified that while Samsung is looking at many options, this exploration into smart jewelry does not currently guarantee an actual product release.

OpenAI will launch an AI browser to rival Google LINK

• OpenAI is launching a browser that embeds artificial intelligence to gain direct access to user data, challenging a key component of Google's advertising business.

• The browser will use a native chat interface and support AI agents that can perform tasks like booking appointments on behalf of users directly within pages.

• Built on Chromium, the browser was developed from the ground up to give OpenAI more control over how its tools interact with user browsing activity.

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Keep it moving

Apple Vision Pro 2 could launch this year LINK

YouTube prepares crackdown on AI videos LINK

Mira Murati’s startup is now worth $12B LINK

WeTransfer angers users with its new terms LINK

Uber to roll out thousands of Baidu robotaxis LINK

Nvidia's Huang hails Chinese AI models as "world class" LINK

Chinese-made iPhones could be banned in US over theft of trade secrets LINK

xAI says Grok 4 is no longer searching for Musk's views before it answers LINK

Meta to invest ‘hundreds of billions’ in AI data centers LINK

Apple CEO Tim Cook Should Be Replaced, Research Firm Says LINK

Jack Dorsey's new app tracks your sun exposure LINK

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars LINK

Code Story Podcast: Hear tech founders spill the source code on their biggest wins, wildest bugs, and how they almost named their app “Appy McAppface.”

What I’m thinking about:

• Are podcast transcripts training the next generation of AI? Blog

• Podcast Interviews Are Feeding the Machine Blog

• This Daily Practice Made My Digital Life 10x Better Blog

• AI and the spectrum of consciousness YouTube

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