Is Apple’s 20th Anniversary iPhone the reason they can’t quit China just yet? That Chinese AI Manus just raised a big round. Is Prompt Engineer the job title that never was? And what really goes on in those powerful, behind the scenes Silicon Valley group chats?

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Links:

• Apple Begins Breaking Up Its AI Team With Robotics, Siri Changes (Bloomberg)
• Why Trump can’t build iPhones in the US (FT)
• The Future of Gadgets: Fewer Updates, More Subscriptions, Bigger Price Tags (WSJ)
• Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats (The Verge)
• Chinese AI Startup Manus Scores Funding at $500 Million Value (Bloomberg)
• The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete (WSJ)
• The group chats that changed America (Semafor)

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