AI AGENTS CAN NOW TEST YOUR UNCOMMITTED LOCAL CODE DIRECTLY IN THE CLOUD Zero commits. Zero pushes. No waiting for CI loops. … and it’s entirely open-source! A new project called Crabbox just dropped, and it fixes the slowest part of cloud-dependent development.
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Cursor’s $80B valuation called absurd by Olivier Rimmel
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Read carefully. Nothing justifies the $80B valuation of #Cursor (a code editor!) it's absolutely nonsense. #Musk could invest only $10M to produce an excellent code editor, better, and it was ready in 3 months.
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Public trust in AI fades as benefits perceived for elites only
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The public has lost trust in AI.
@IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.
Public trust could become one of AI’s biggest challenges. People may push back if they think AI only helps big companies, wealthy investors, or government agencies. For AI to be -
OpenAI market share drops below 50% as Microsoft seeks alternatives
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and now OpenAI’s market share is down below 50% and *Microsoft* is publicly looking for cheaper alternatives.
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OpenAI and Anthropic may never be profitable, but investors don’t care
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Between high costs, Chinese competition and the death of tokenmaxxing, OpenAI and Anthropic may well never be profitable in a sustained way — but the good news for them is that investors obviously don’t care about any of that anymore!
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Microsoft considers hosted DeepSeek V4 for cheaper Copilot Cowork
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Axios reports that Microsoft is considering a Microsoft-hosted version of DeepSeek V4 as a cheaper model option for Copilot Cowork. Microsoft says Copilot Cowork cannot work with unlimited pricing. "We have users who
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Nemotron 3 Ultra and the Open Model Landscape broadcast
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Nemotron 3 Ultra and the Open Model Landscape | Nemotron Labs https://
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DeepSeek’s $6 million claim misleading, excludes billions in prior costs
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The DeepSeek moment was extraordinary PR.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 16 juin 2026
A claim that a frontier model was trained for $6 million wiped over $1 trillion from US tech markets overnight.
But the number is misleading.
The $6 million refers only to the final training run. It excludes the billions already… pic.twitter.com/OmMlqjdV2EThe DeepSeek moment was extraordinary PR. A claim that a frontier model was trained for $6 million wiped over $1 trillion from US tech markets overnight. But the number is misleading. The $6 million refers only to the final training run. It excludes the billions already
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Sora shows hype leads to number one but not profit
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7/ At the end of the day, Sora proved something the whole industry is about to face. Hype gets you to number one. It does not pay the compute bill. And the bill always comes. Source: OpenAI, with figures from Forbes, Cantor Fitzgerald, WSJ, and Appfigures.
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OpenAI killed Sora; Disney learned last minute, no deal.
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5/ Three months later, OpenAI killed Sora. Disney reportedly found out less than an hour before the announcement. No agreement was ever signed. No money changed hands.