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An interview with Goodfire researcher Nick Cammarata, whose viral blog post claimed LLMs are easier to understand than thought, as other researchers push back (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10…

“We were looking at it wrong”: The explosive claim that’s upended the AI world
An exclusive interview with Nick Cammarata, the researcher whose 26,000-word viral blog post has AI safety folks celebrating.

Donald Trump said he will soon appoint an artificial intelligence czar
amid heightened scrutiny of whether the technology is progressing at a dangerous pace, he announced Saturday on Truth Social.
In a long post defending the industry, Trump said he would create an
“AI Force” without specifying its exact functions.
He added that in his capacity as president, he would “not stand by” and allow its “decimation, or destruction.”
Lawmakers and tech leaders have soun…

Trump Pledges to Appoint an ‘AI Czar’ as He Defends the Technology
The president did not detail what the office’s responsibilities would look like or who he could appoint to the role.

Google bestellt KI-Chips bei Marvell, bekommt Aktien dazu
Marvell Technology soll maßgeschneiderte Halbleiter für Google entwickeln. Dafür winken viele Milliarden. Doch muss Marvell eigene Aktien beilegen.
https://…

Google bestellt KI-Chips bei Marvell, bekommt Aktien dazu
Marvell Technology soll maßgeschneiderte Halbleiter für Google entwickeln. Dafür winken viele Milliarden. Doch muss Marvell eigene Aktien beilegen.

Anzahl der #Windkraftanlagen nach Technologie in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Berücksichtigt werden in Betrieb befindliche Anlagen.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Was ist eine

Slower technologies aka Starlink
"FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies" - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-sp…

Google DeepMind says its Gemma family of open models has surpassed 1B downloads and developers have published 100K Gemma model variants over the past two years (Google)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemma-one…

Inside the Gemmaverse: Celebrating one billion Gemma downloads
A look at the Gemmaverse as Gemma surpasses one billion downloads.

The Chinese city of Hangzhou deploys traffic-control robots that operate autonomously, using cameras and radar to signal traffic and flag violations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-puts-robocops-traffic-duty-minus-arrest-…

Uber, Verne, and Pony.ai launch autonomous rides in Zagreb, making the Croatian capital the first European city where users can book such rides via Uber's app (Anzar Mehraj/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/uber-launches-aut…

Virginia's Loudoun County hosts more than 250 data centers generating huge tax revenues, as it moves to slow construction in response to pushback from residents (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.c…

How One County Profited From Data Centers Amid a Growing National Backlash
Loudoun County, Va., has gotten rich hosting more than 250 data centers, allowing it to cut property taxes. Other locales are taking note, even as a nationwide backlash over data centers grows.

Study: off-balance sheet debt at Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle grew an est. ~8x since 2022 to ~$1.65T, eclipsing ~$1.35T in balance sheet debt (Kohei Yamada/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technolo…

Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65tn on opaque AI funding
Data center leases, GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows