Sunday, August 10, 2025

Sources: Apple is testing upgraded App Intents with Uber, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and other apps to transform Siri into a true voice-first interface (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing upgraded App Intents with Uber, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and other apps to transform Siri into a true voice-first interface  —  Apple's upcoming voice-control feature for the new Siri could be an under-the-radar hit — if it works.



Investors are increasingly divesting from companies they fear are at risk of AI disruption, like Wix and Shutterstock, which are down at least 30% in 2025 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Investors are increasingly divesting from companies they fear are at risk of AI disruption, like Wix and Shutterstock, which are down at least 30% in 2025  —  Artificial intelligence's imprint on US financial markets is unmistakable.  Nvidia Corp. is the most valuable company in the world at nearly $4.5 trillion.



Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on GPT-5, its dynamic reasoning, defining AGI, scaling vs. post-training, hallucinations, enterprise adoption, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on GPT-5, its dynamic reasoning, defining AGI, scaling vs. post-training, hallucinations, enterprise adoption, and more  —  A conversation about what OpenAI's long-anticipated flagship model tells us about different forms intelligence and AI's trajectory from here.



UK-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale secures a $900M line of credit to expand its data center buildout across Europe, the US, and the Asia Pacific (Mauro Orru/Wall Street Journal)

Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal : UK-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale secures a $900M line of credit to expand its data center bui...