Weekly#694

  • Top AI researcher leaves Google for OpenAI
  • Nobel Winner John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
  • Accenture fall 18% as CEO says the IT consulting firm will bring in less revenue than expected in coming months (WSJ)
  • Turkey clears Uber’s acquisition of Getir’s delivery business
  • Aura’s impressive e-ink photo frame
  • Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
  • GTA 6 pre-orders open on June 25
  • Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million
  • NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
  • Smartphone market to shrink 15 percent this year due to memory crisis
  • Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs
  • Non-x86 servers now nearly half the market, IDC says
  • AI and brain-computer interface allow speechless ALS patient to work a full-time job
  • SpaceX to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion
  • Cell-Based Architecture for Resilient Payment Systems