Source: Situational Awareness' assets have fallen to ~$10B after it liquidated some positions to meet margin calls, down from a reported $20B+ as of late May — Assets at Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness have slumped to about $10 billion after it was forced to liquidate some positions to meet margin calls.
Waymo gradually resumes freeway routes, starting with Phoenix, more than two months after suspending them to improve performance around construction zones — Waymo is slowly adding freeway routes back to its service area more than two months after the company stopped driving these high-speed roads …
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Lilian Weng is returning to OpenAI after announcing earlier this week she was leaving TML over workload-related health concerns — Lilian Weng, a researcher who cofounded AI startup Thinking Machines Lab alongside former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati …
Over 1,100 staffers from AI companies, including John Schulman and OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki, sign a letter requesting the US government to “pace” AI development — More than 1,100 staffers across top artificial intelligence firms have signed a petition that calls on the US government …
Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely distributed as a tool that empowers everyone, rather than centralized in a few institutions — The history of democracy and economics has proved that centralized power stifles human potential. — We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history.
A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Minnesota from enforcing a newly enacted law that banned prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket — A federal judge on Monday blocked Minnesota from enforcing a newly enacted law that made the state the first nationally …
X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card — X has officially launched X Money, which includes Apple Wallet support, moving the service beyond its invite-only beta and beginning a rollout today.