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Alan Sutcliffe remembered https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eva-london-2025-alan-sutcliffe-remembered-computer-arts-social-evening-registration-1363127183099

A Chat with the UnMute Disabled Artist Roster https://sonicstate.com/news/2025/06/24/a-chat-with-the-unmute-disabled-artist-roster/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_cont…

A Chat with the UnMute Disabled Artist Roster - Creating New Opportunities for Disabled Musicians
Creating New Opportunities for Disabled Musicians

A 1980s cost-of-living crisis gave Australia a thriving arts program – could we do it again? https://theconversation.com/a-1980s-cost-of-living-crisis-gave-australia-a-thriving-arts-program-could-we-do-it-again…

A 1980s cost-of-living crisis gave Australia a thriving arts program – could we do it again?
Four decades ago, amid a cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment and stagnant wages, a unique partnership between artists and trade unions thrived.

Q&A with Peter Thiel on economic and technological stagnation, US growth and dynamism, supporting President Trump in 2016, the future and risks of AI, and more (Ross Douthat/New York Times)
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Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

He says that like it’s a bad thing.
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Meta’s former head of global affairs Nick Clegg said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would is “implausible.”

Baker Mayfield for MVP? Josh Jacobs for OPOY? Long-shot picks for major NFL awards in 2025 https://www.nfl.com/news/long-shot-picks-for-major-nfl-awards-2025

Sources: Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of Pony.ai's US arm; Pony.ai has permits to operate robo taxis in the US and China (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

Uber in Talks With Travis Kalanick to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal
The ride-hailing company is in talks to help Mr. Kalanick, who was forced out in 2017, purchase an autonomous vehicles start-up as robot taxi service Waymo gains momentum.

Sources: mass production of Microsoft's next AI chip is delayed to 2026 and is expected to underperform Nvidia's Blackwell chip, released in late 2024 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-ai-chip-effort-falls-b…

Microsoft’s AI Chip Effort Falls Behind
Microsoft has spent years designing its own artificial intelligence chips, in part to reduce its dependence on Nvidia. It isn’t going so well. The software giant, which Nvidia employees say was its largest customer by revenue last year, is taking much longer than expected to design its ...

Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...

Source: OpenAI recently began renting Google's TPUs to power ChatGPT, marking its first significant use of non-Nvidia chips; Meta also considered using TPUs (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-convinces-open…

Google Convinces OpenAI to Use TPU Chips in Win Against Nvidia
OpenAI, one of the world’s biggest customers of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, recently began renting Google’s AI chips to power ChatGPT and other products, the first time it has used non-Nvidia chips in a meaningful way, according to a person who is involved in the arrangement. The move ...