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    HE INEVITABLE IPO (50 MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    Sam Altman recently appeared =
    on Big Technology Podcast to discuss
    OpenAI's strategy to win, where the =
    product lineup is going in the
    coming year, how OpenAI's over $1 trillion=
    in AI infrastructure
    commitments make sense, and the company's future pl=
    ans for AI devices
    and AI cloud. The strategy to keep OpenAI ahead involv=
    es getting
    people to use its products, keeping them there with the best m=
    odels,
    serving the use cases they want with reliable compute, then expand=
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    with links to the audio, is available in the article.=20

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    d by shareholders in 2018. The Delaware Supreme Court said the
    lower cour=
    t's ruling would have deprived Musk of compensation for
    several years of =
    work, so he should get the full pay package. Musk's
    2018 stock options ha=
    ve grown in value to $139 billion. It was
    initially valued at more than $=
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    US PLANS LARGEST N=
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    INDEPENDENCE FROM FOREIGN TECH (6 M=
    INUTE READ) [8]=20

    China reportedly has a prototype EUV chipmaking mach=
    ine. While it has
    not yet produced a working chip, it is apparently creat=
    ing EUV light.
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    THE BIG-O COMPLEXITY OF VIBE CODERS (4 MINUTE READ) [11]=20

    E=
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    exploration to=
    look wasteful. High-token sessions will start to look
    sloppy. Over time,=
    AI will turn into another optimization target, and
    eventually into somet=
    hing that people virtue signal about rather than
    something that reflects =
    real impact. Some of the most valuable work
    exists in the messy, high-tok=
    en exploratory phase that resists easy
    measurement.=20

    DESIGN IS MORE=
    THAN CODE (9 MINUTE READ) [12]=20

    Design is about finding the right pr=
    oblem, the right intent, and the
    right vision. The features you design an=
    d build today should be
    considered a step toward that vision. Without the=
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    ELLISON'S HARDBALL WARNER=
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    the night=
    of December 3 expressing serious concerns about the fairness
    and adequac=
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    Bros., as the comp=
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    inner circle tried to r=
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    response, Warner Bros. decided to =
    sell to Netflix.=20

    GRAPHITE GETS BOUGHT BY CURSOR: THREE REFLECTIONS F=
    ROM SIX YEARS OF
    WORK (9 MINUTE READ) [14]=20

    Software quality startu=
    p Graphite has been acquired by code
    generation startup Cursor. Graphite =
    started out as Screenplay, which
    couldn't find product-market fit right a=
    way. The conversations around
    Graphite started right before the pandemic =
    lockdowns. The team started
    working in person together as soon as it was =
    advisable, allowing them
    to knit a culture early and build trust. The thr=
    ee founders took three
    distinct roles, and they all remain vital to the c=
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    QUICK LINKS

    GOOGLE WAS AT RISK OF LOSIN=
    G ITS DOMINANCE =E2=80=94 UNTIL IT PROMOTED THIS
    AI EXECUTIVE (14 MINUTE =
    READ) [15]=20

    Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, was tasked with =
    growing
    Gemini while also keeping his existing job running Google Labs. =


    WERNER VOGELS IS RIGHT (4 MINUTE READ) [16]=20

    It's important to=
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    capabilities of those techn=
    ologies, and where they can help your
    business, rather than just shoehorn=
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    REFLECTIONS ON AI AT T=
    HE END OF 2025 (4 MINUTE READ) [17]=20

    Almost everybody has stopped say=
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    MORE ON WHE=
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    Scalable quantum computing is now plausibly imminent.=20

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    The ad tiers scored all net =
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