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LoRA Explained: Efficiently Personalizing Large AI Models

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60-Minute Podcast Episode: What is Context Engineering?[Intro Music Fades In a - Pastebin.com

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Major tech companies are integrating AI into their services: Google is adding AI search to YouTube, and Meta is rolling out AI-generated summaries for private messages on WhatsApp. Anthropic is exploring AI's potential in gaming, aiming to evoke the spirit of Flash games, while another piece discusses an attempt to have an AI beat a Geoguessr master. On a broader scale, Armin Ronacher writes about how AI changes everything, and a significant U.S. legal precedent has been set, permitting AI to be trained on copyrighted books. In Israeli business news, cybersecurity firm Cyera acquired Otterize, and startup Bonfy.AI raised $9.5 million to address content risks. Lastly, a data-recovery firm tested a surprisingly functional, though not recommended, $28 external hard drive from Amazon.

• https://sampatt.com/blog/2025-04-28-can-o3-beat-a-geoguessr-master?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=fav
• https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/6/4/changes
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sj9otjcvgl
• https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-summons-the-spirit-of-flash-games-for-the-ai-age
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/google-begins-rolling-out-ai-search-in-youtube
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hyza5cdvex
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/28-external-hdd-on-amazon-actually-does-what-it-claims-still-not-a-good-buy
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sktniud4ll
• https://www.theverge.com/news/693310/whatsapp-ai-message-summaries-meta

Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research

https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/apple-foundation-models-2025-updates

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman feature in recent news, with Altman leading an $80 million funding round for a robotic delivery company. At the same time, OpenAI is reportedly considering an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, and its ChatGPT technology is said to be impacting common language usage.

In other AI and robotics developments, Tesla's initial robotaxi rides will include a human safety monitor, while restaurant chains Applebee’s and IHOP plan to use AI for recommendations. The founder of Spotify is investing in a defense tech company that produces drones and AI software, and a startup named Mechanize is developing AI to replace human jobs.

https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjlpkedxxe

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/openai-weighs-nuclear-option-of-antitrust-complaint-against-microsoft

https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1grlor7eg

https://www.theverge.com/openai/686748/chatgpt-linguistic-impact-common-word-usage

https://www.theverge.com/news/690245/tesla-robotaxi-rides-launch-safety-monitor-passenger-seat

https://www.theverge.com/news/690458/applebees-ihop-ai-restaraunt-recommendations

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Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton

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Sam Altman on AGI, GPT-5, and what’s next — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9mjd-65gw

Andrej Karpathy: Software Is Changing (Again)
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Quantum mechanics provide truly random numbers on demand

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-quantum-mechanics-random-demand.html

Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apples-craig-federighi-on-the-long-road-to-the-ipads-mac-like-multitasking