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In today's Techpresso:

👀 Apple may use Google Gemini to power Siri

🤖 Elon Musk unveils new company 'Macrohard'

🤝 Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models

🤫 Apple sues ex-employee for stealing secrets for Oppo

💰 Intel has agreed to give US 10 percent stake

🎁 + 8 other news you might like

🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools

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👀 Apple may use Google Gemini to power Siri LINK
  • Apple has approached Google to build a custom AI model based on Gemini that would serve as the foundation for its next-generation Siri experience, which is expected next year.
  • Google has reportedly started training a special model that could run on Apple's servers, while the company also continues to evaluate partnership options from OpenAI and Anthropic for the project.
  • This external search comes as Apple tests its own trillion parameter model internally after delaying the redesigned Siri's initial launch in iOS 18 to a new deadline sometime in 2026.
🤖 Elon Musk unveils new company 'Macrohard' LINK
  • Elon Musk announced a new company called 'Macrohard', an AI software venture tied to xAI that will generate hundreds of specialized coding agents to simulate products from rivals like Microsoft.
  • The project will be powered by the Colossus 2 supercomputer, a cluster being expanded with millions of Nvidia GPUs in a high-stakes race for computing power.
  • The Grok model will spawn specialized coding and image generation agents that work together, emulating humans interacting with software in virtual machines until the result is excellent.
🤝 Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models LINK
  • Meta announced a partnership to license Midjourney's AI image and video generation technology, with its research teams collaborating on integrating the tech into future AI models and products.
  • The agreement could help Meta develop new products that compete directly with leading AI image and video models from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora, Black Forest Lab’s Flux, and Google’s Veo.
  • Midjourney CEO David Holz confirmed the deal but stated his company remains independent with no investors, even though Meta previously talked with the popular startup about a full acquisition.
🤫 Apple sues ex-employee for stealing secrets for Oppo LINK
  • Apple is suing former engineer Chen Shi for allegedly copying 63 confidential files containing Apple Watch health secrets like ECG and temperature sensing methods before joining the rival company Oppo.
  • The complaint claims Shi told an Oppo executive he was collecting information to share, and also downloaded proprietary files with chip engineering documents and product roadmaps to a USB drive.
  • While downloading the data, Shi allegedly searched online how to wipe a MacBook and lied to coworkers about his plans, saying he was leaving to care for his elderly parents.
💰 Intel has agreed to give US 10 percent stake LINK
  • President Trump stated the U.S. government should receive a 10 percent equity stake in Intel, claiming the company has agreed to the deal and causing its shares to rise.
  • The Commerce Secretary explained this move is in exchange for already committed CHIPS Act funds, saying the government should get equity in return for providing the money to Intel.
  • Howard Lutnick also specified that the government’s potential equity stake in the chipmaker would be "nonvoting," which means the U.S. would not get control over corporate decisions.

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Other news & articles you might like

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  • Nvidia in ‘dialogue’ with US government on next-gen chip sales to China LINK
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  • Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately LINK
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  • Trump's gold-plated smartphone can't seem to decide which design to copy LINK

Trending research and tools

Manim: an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos. LINK
JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes: a method for building websites with common theming across all pages without requiring any server-side code, build tools, or JavaScript. LINK
HTML Standard: a discussion on whether to deprecate the old XSLT 1.0 technology for transforming XML in browsers, or adopt the newer XSLT 3.0 to address security concerns, long-standing bugs, and low usage. LINK
Glyn: a system for Gleam actors that provides safe messaging and a directory service for communication across multiple machines. LINK

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