The lack of an aggressive patent strategy among the AI labs is surprising to me, though it is accelerating AI growth. Patents in software are hard, but the stakes are high OpenAI pledged to only use their patents defensively, so is it all mutually assured destruction among labs?
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China Invests Billions to Become Leading AI Superpower
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China Is Spending Billions to Become an #AI Superpower
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AI Researcher Startups Never Fail Due to Acquihire Option
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No startup founded by AI researchers ever fails, because in the worst case it gets acquihired.
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Zuckerberg’s Impact on AI Progress and Talent Retention
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Zuckerberg is doing more to harm AI progress than anyone else IMO. There is no way Meta is going to catchup. Zuck isn’t Elon. He’s distracting a lot of the top talent that were actually doing meaningful work, and now those people are going to retire at Meta and become less
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ByteDance Swan Goggles Challenge Meta’s Metaverse Ambitions
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Meta's #Metaverse Dreams Tested By New ByteDance Swan Goggles $META $QCOM https://
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Thinking Machines Lab launches with $2B funding, now hiring
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Yes – 🥳 Thinky starts hiring again: thinkingmachines.paperform.c… Mira Murati (@miramurati) Thinking Machines Lab exists to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building multimodal AI that works with how you naturally interact with the world – through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate. We're excited that in the next couple months we’ll be able to share our first product, which will include a significant open source component and be useful for researchers and startups developing custom models. Soon, we’ll also share our best science to help the research community better understand frontier AI systems. To accelerate our progress, we’re happy to confirm that we’ve raised $2B led by a16z with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, Jane Street and more who share our mission. We’re always looking for extraordinary talent that learns by doing, turning research into useful things. We believe AI should serve as an extension of individual agency and, in the spirit of freedom, be distributed as widely and equitably as possible. We hope this vision resonates with those who share our commitment to advancing the field. If so, join us. thinkingmachines.paperform.c… — https://nitter.net/miramurati/status/1945166365834535247#m
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Thinking Machines Lab launches with $2B funding for multimodal AI
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We have been working hard for the past 6 months on what I believe is the most ambitious multimodal AI program in the world. It is fantastic to see how pieces of a system that previously seemed intractable just fall into place. Feeling so lucky to create the future with this talented and aligned team. Mira Murati (@miramurati) Thinking Machines Lab exists to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building multimodal AI that works with how you naturally interact with the world – through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate. We're excited that in the next couple months we’ll be able to share our first product, which will include a significant open source component and be useful for researchers and startups developing custom models. Soon, we’ll also share our best science to help the research community better understand frontier AI systems. To accelerate our progress, we’re happy to confirm that we’ve raised $2B led by a16z with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, Jane Street and more who share our mission. We’re always looking for extraordinary talent that learns by doing, turning research into useful things. We believe AI should serve as an extension of individual agency and, in the spirit of freedom, be distributed as widely and equitably as possible. We hope this vision resonates with those who share our commitment to advancing the field. If so, join us. thinkingmachines.paperform.c… — https://nitter.net/miramurati/status/1945166365834535247#m
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Stanford HAI Director Discusses AI Competition and U.S. Regulation
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@StanfordHAI Executive Director @russellwald opened @Reuters Momentum AI San Jose 2025, joining Reuter’s @JLDastin to discuss the current state of AI, big-dollar competition for talent, the U.S. approach to regulation, and more. #ReutersMomentum
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Meta, OpenAI, xAI lead AI and tech innovations in 2026
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Top stories in tech today: – Meta to build massive AI superclusters
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– BYD’s electric cars can now park themselves
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Nvidia and Tech Giants Hit All-Time Highs
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The TL Podcast for July 14th: Nvidia and other all-time highs Nvidia, Texas Instruments and Microsoft are among stocks hitting new all-time highs. Plus, what to do with CoreWeave and Circle, and an interview with one of the sharpest fund managers in tech.