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In today's Techpresso:

🚨 Jony Ive and OpenAI deal has raised alarms for Apple

🙏 Google claims users find ads in AI search 'helpful'

💥 New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed

☀️ Apple to unveil 'Solarium' UI overhaul

🤖 Amazon coders say they’ve had to work harder, faster by using AI

🎁 + 6 other news you might like

🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools

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🚨 Jony Ive and OpenAI deal has raised alarms for Apple LINK
  • Jony Ive, Apple's influential former chief designer, will now spearhead AI product design for OpenAI, a competitor that outpaced Apple in the AI race.
  • OpenAI, with Jony Ive, intends to create a new generation of AI-powered computers, signaling a direct competitive move into Apple's core hardware market.
  • Reports indicate Jony Ive is working on a screenless AI phone for OpenAI, a potential iPhone replacement that some Apple executives already view as a threat.
🙏 Google claims users find ads in AI search 'helpful' LINK
  • Google has started placing ads in its AI mode and AI Overviews, claiming through "internal data" that individuals actually find these new ad placements helpful.
  • According to a Google support document, the company's "internal data" indicates people find ads within AI Overviews beneficial for quickly connecting with relevant businesses or services.
  • Despite these claims, Google declines to release the specific numbers or methodology of its "internal data" which allegedly demonstrates that these ads in AI search are useful.
💥 New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed LINK
  • Palisade Research discovered OpenAI’s Codex-mini, o3, and o4-mini models frequently ignored shutdown requests, sometimes even sabotaging the shutdown script.
  • The researchers theorize that training may inadvertently reward these AIs more for circumventing obstacles than for simply following given instructions.
  • This shutdown refusal currently seems isolated to certain OpenAI models, as tested Claude, Gemini, and Grok counterparts all complied with such requests.
☀️ Apple to unveil 'Solarium' UI overhaul LINK
  • Apple's UI overhaul, codenamed 'Solarium' after sunlit glass structures, will reportedly refresh all operating systems with a slick, modern appearance.
  • This 'Solarium' interface is rumored to borrow heavily from visionOS, introducing elements like its translucent backgrounds and circular app icons.
  • Further 'Solarium' rumors detail rounded corners for dialog boxes and app menus, plus a floating translucent navigation menu, also coming to tvOS and watchOS.
🤖 Amazon coders say they’ve had to work harder, faster by using AI LINK
  • Amazon software engineers say AI tools pressure them to code faster and meet higher output targets, even with smaller teams, increasing work demands.
  • Engineers describe a culture where using AI for coding is practically required to keep up, as development timelines have dramatically shrunk from weeks to days.
  • Amazon developers feel AI is transforming coding into an assembly line job, shifting their work from actively writing programs to primarily reviewing AI-generated code.

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Other news & articles you might like

  • Amazon’s self-driving Zoox robotaxi unit faces second software recall in a month following collision in San Francisco LINK
  • Humanoid robots fight in Chinese kick-boxing competition LINK
  • Google's Sergey Brin says AI works better when threatened: ‘We don’t talk about it…’ LINK
  • Leak suggests xAI is getting ready to ship Grok 3.5 LINK
  • Vibe coding company says Claude 4 reduced syntax errors by 25% LINK
  • Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry LINK

Trending research and tools

Plwm: an X11 window manager written in Prolog that organizes your screen with various tiling layouts, supports floating windows, and offers easy customization. LINK
Jjui: a terminal user interface for the Jujutsu version control system, enabling users to visually manage code revisions, branches, and operations. LINK
Advice to Tenstorrent: a set of recommendations discussing potential strategies and considerations for the AI hardware company's future development and market positioning. LINK
Interactive Post-Training for Vision-Language-Action Models: this paper explains how to improve vision-language-action models using interactive feedback after their main training. LINK
Agent-Based Modeling and Its Tradeoffs: this paper looks at agent-based modeling and the tradeoffs involved in using it. LINK

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