A video: “When The Underdog Finally Wins: The Rebirth Of AMD”

Key takeaways from the video: NVIDIA dominated AI GPUs (94% share in Q2 2025) thanks to its mature CUDA ecosystem, while AMD lagged at 6% with weaker software support. AMD invested heavily (Xilinx acquisition for $49B, Nod.AI) and released the MI300X, which outperformed NVIDIA’s H100 in memory bandwidth, latency, and cost-per-token at scale for large … Read more

A video: Inside Anthropic, the $965 Billion AI Juggernaut

Key takeaways: 1) Context and origin – The Amodei siblings, Dario and Daniela, co-founded Anthropic after their experiences at OpenAI and related research efforts. – The conversation centers on why Anthropic exists: to pursue powerful AI capabilities with a stronger emphasis on safety, governance, and alignment with human values. – The founders reflect on the … Read more

A video: AI in Warfare

  AI in Military Operations – The Pentagon has begun employing Anthropic’s AI model, Claude, for military operations, marking a significant shift in modern warfare tactics. – AI has been utilized in key operations, including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and during conflicts involving Israel and Iran. – The U.S. military’s reliance on … Read more

A video: “OpenAI is Suddenly in Trouble”

Key Insights by Merlin AI OpenAI’s Current Challenges Increased Competition: OpenAI is no longer the dominant force in AI, facing significant competition from companies like Anthropic and Google’s Gemini. Market share for ChatGPT has decreased from 86% to 65% in just a year. Stagnation of Product Development: Innovations have slowed down, with GPT-5 not meeting … Read more

#Cyberculture agenda: “#DeleteUber: Users angry at Trump Muslim ban scrap app…

#DeleteUber: Users angry at Trump Muslim ban scrap app  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)   Uber provided rides at JFK airport while other taxi drivers held strike over Trump’s ban on Muslim travellers. 2 big names in video games take on Trump’s immigration ban Mashable! by Adam Rosenberg   The Trump administration’s immigration ban has prompted a … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: It took 40 minutes to be hacked for Unsecured Internet of Things gadgets…

Unsecured Internet of Things gadgets get hacked within 40 minutes of being connected to the net Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The Atlantic’s Andrew McGill set up a virtual server on Amazon’s cloud that presented to the internet as a crappy, insecure Internet of Things toaster; 41 minutes later, a hacked IoT device connected to it … Read more