The AI Platform War Got Practical

Mike's take

Slow down to speed up. Ten minutes setting a tool up right beats an hour fighting it later.

Top AI stories worth your time

• OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be? — TechCrunch AI
  Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
• China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance — The Verge AI
  China's leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapi
• Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved — TechCrunch AI
  The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
• Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient — TechCrunch AI
  Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
• At SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA Advances Graphics and Simulation With Agentic and Physical AI — NVIDIA
  From open models to real-time simulation, AI and graphics breakthroughs are transforming media, content creation and robotics.

Jargon, decoded: Hallucination

When an AI model generates false or fabricated information presented as fact.

In plain English: When the AI confidently makes something up. Always spot-check names, numbers, and quotes.

Fact: The same question can get different answers.

There's built-in randomness. If one answer's off, just ask again or rephrase — you're not doing it wrong.

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