Mon. 08/04 – The AI Researcher Who Turned Down $1.5 Billion From Zuck

Robotaxies are coming to Europe. Apple wants Answers. Literally. The AI researcher who turned down a billion and a half dollars. How the vibe seems to have definitively shifted in Silicon Valley. And will rollable laptop screens become mainstream?

00:33 Robotaxis In Europe

02:12 Apple Wants Answers

03:57 Lina Khan

05:54 Billion Dollar Turn-Down

07:54 AI Trading Bots

10:25 The Silicon Valley Boom Is Back

14:23 A Rollable Laptop

Links:

Lyft Partners With Baidu on Robotaxis in European Expansion (Bloomberg)

Apple’s New ‘Answers’ Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push (Bloomberg)

Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny (TechCrunch)

Thanks for Your $1 Billion Job Offer, Mark Zuckerberg. I’m Gonna Pass. (WSJ)

‘Dumb’ AI Bots Collude to Rig Markets, Wharton Research Finds (Bloomberg)

Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era (NYTimes)

Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year (The Verge)

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