OpenAI Sprints. Google Grades Itself. Trump Threatens. Disney Pays.
San Francisco | December 12 Sam Altman's memo about Gemini 3 triggered a ten-day sprint to ship GPT-5.2.
Latest news (Page 7)
When Your AI Chatbot Thinks You're God: Inside Grok's Musk Worship Spiral
Musk's Grok chatbot ranked him fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Einstein this week before xAI deleted the posts. The sycophantic episode reveals centralized AI control mechanisms in a system now wired into federal intelligence workflows.
Google Charges Premium Users to Remove the AI Watermarks It Calls Critical
Google's new image generator embeds "critical" authenticity watermarks in every AI creation. But pay $19.99/month and the visible mark disappears. The company monetizes the transparency tools it says protect public trust, while actual deepfake threats go unaddressed.
Nokia's AI Pivot Reveals What $1 Billion Really Buys
Nokia split into AI and telecom units one month after Nvidia invested $1 billion. But the restructuring took months to plan, and provisional financials show the AI business Nokia is betting on underperforms the traditional telecom division.
Rebranding Rejection: Trump's AI Override After 99-1 Defeat, OpenAI's Efficiency Play
Good Morning from San Francisco, When Congress rejects your proposal 99 to 1, most people take the hint. Silicon Valley&
Introducing Implicator PRO. Weekly Strategic AI Analysis
Implicator.ai is introducing a weekly PRO edition that goes deeper than the daily briefing. One focused analysis each Tuesday explores what recent AI developments truly mean for strategy and industry direction.
Trump's AI Preemption Push Collides With Constitutional Reality
Trump's draft executive order seeks to override state AI laws through litigation and funding threats, reviving a proposal Congress rejected 99-1 months ago. Republican governors and conservative senators oppose the move as tech investors push harder.
OpenAI's Codex-Max Solves the Wrong Problem Better
OpenAI's Codex-Max cuts tokens 30%, runs 42% faster. But compaction's opacity, Windows optimization signaling Microsoft alignment, and API delays reveal infrastructure gaps. Efficiency gains mask cost pressure in competitive squeeze.
The Dollar Episode: How Inception Point AI Turned Podcasting Into Arbitrage
Inception Point AI produces 3,000 podcast episodes per week with eight employees, spending roughly $1 per episode and breaking even at 20 listens. The Venice startup doesn't compete on quality. It competes on coverage, treating audio as infrastructure for programmatic ads.
The Bill That Died 99-1, The AI That's Wrong 30%, The Victory That Lost PyTorch
Good Morning from San Francisco, Trump wants Congress to block state AI laws through December's defense bill. The
OpenAI's Summers Problem: How Bad Vetting Became a Governance Crisis
OpenAI appointed Larry Summers to its board in 2023 despite a public Harvard report documenting his Epstein ties. His 48-hour exit after new emails surfaced exposes how AI companies prioritize impressive credentials over governance capability.
Meta Won Its Antitrust Case While Losing the Talent War That Actually Matters
Federal judges ruled Meta faces fierce competition from TikTok and YouTube. The same day, PyTorch's creator left for a startup. Meta won its antitrust case while losing the researchers who determine whether it can compete five years from now.
Trump's AI Preemption Push Faces the Same Republican Wall That Killed It in July
Trump demands Congress block state AI laws through must-pass defense bill. Same proposal died 99-1 in July. Same Republican opposition remains. Culture war packaging can't fix the math when GOP states' rights collide with tech industry preferences.